For Jonas and the Ether

For earth, wind, fire, water are the four elements. 

For once we banished the fifth we stopped 'knowing' in its tracks.

For ether is the errant essence exiled by science.

For the ethereal cosmic dust

For black matter and zodiac beasts

For the spinning spirits that enshroud this blue sphere.

For ether is the fifth and forgotten element. 

For prayers to your ancestors

For quanta, for relativity, for karma

For that thing that drives the elements is ether.

For your birthday go to some place quiet

For your soul, get away and think about this.

For your friends and family depend on this contemplation

For we live errant and incomplete

For time will past too quickly

For this brutal and short life.

For your birthday Jonas, I wish you the fifth

For our lives are filled with four.