Giant Molecular Clouds
by Siberia

Note: Ymir, the frost giant killed by Odin to create the world, made me think of this astronomical phenomenon.

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Here lies the grave of a colossal star
Its corpse expulsed across the light-years
Immolating all that stood in its path
A hushed silence falls on the galaxy—
Witnesses to a spectacular death

And as everyone chanted their farewells
A new sound halted their mourning song
For in these gases of destruction
Young life awakens for the first time—
Infant lungs inhaling their first breath