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Nucleosynthesis by Cyn Bermudez

April 14, 2022 By TBeaulieu

Fusion of hydrogen
breathing life
into the stars
burning brightly

Proton chain dangling
as the mighty ones
press helium into carbon

Nitrogen to oxygen
then iron halts it all
in a bang the dragon
brings death and life

Cyn Bermudez is a writer, poet, and artist living in California. She is the author of And the Moon Follows, Brothers, Graffiti Heart, and The Dragons Club (forthcoming). She writes in various genres: general, science fiction, fantasy, weird, horror, and more. She has short stories, poetry, and art published in various journals and anthologies. Cyn serves as the current president, program chair, and webmaster for the Writers of Kern, a chapter of the California Writers Club. She enjoys other creative outlets like photography, sketching, digital art, and painting. For more information, visit her website at www.cynbermudez.com.

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Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: April National Poetry Month

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