Leo's Discovery

From Helia Rising

Hour after hour;
Another sleepless night.
Morning's mist hangs still;
I cross at the light.
Thinking as I walk:
I must get this right.

Density and mass:
the secret at its core.
Surely this must be
one theory to explore?
Suddenly I see
As never before!

Two from one, the logic seems to be sound:
Four then eight, as seedlings born from the ground.

Locked away no more
The atom's mystery.
Energy held fast
The Neutron sets free.
U-Two Thirty Five:
Could this be the key?

Thread by thread, the web is spun from its source;
Ring by ring, the ripple follows its course.

Deep within this darkness of science must I search,
Truth shall be revealed in the courage of night,
Far beyond the eye of the morning's first light.

Power lies within
This self-sustaining state.
Moral truth must guide
The chain reaction's fate.
History has seen
The deeds born from hate.

Fire and might, these words will blacken the sky,
Fear and death, my conscience must now deny!

Deep within this darkness of science must I search,
Truth shall be revealed in the courage of night,
Far beyond the eye of the morning's first light.