A Tiny Light

By Silver Spun Sand

Tue, 15 Dec 2015
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‘We children of the stars, children of space born in the oceans
 and matured on land, have the history of the universe
 its hundreds of billions of years etched on our bodies
 Look!  Today, too, somewhere a tiny light’
Naoko Yamazaki
 
If you’d set your sights on Neptune,
I’d man a rocket ship...
go steaming through the stratosphere
just to get to it...
 
or found yourself on Venus,
I’d hop up on some star –
beg it, in the name of love,
to try and shoot that far.
 
If to planet Mars you strayed,
I’d find you, never fear;
a flying saucer might be best,
but difficult to steer.
 
Uranus – not a place I’d choose
to site my pied-à-terre,
but if you did, I’d visit you,
yet I shouldn’t tarry there.
 
I much more favour Pluto –
and if there was your domain
I’d share the kingdom with you;
it’s such a jolly name!
 
If you rang me up from Mercury
and asked me for a date,
I’d call upon the power of thought
and simply levitate!
 
Suppose you’d flown to Jupiter –
invited me for lunch,
in Star Trek I would land a part –
tell Scotty, “Beam me up!”
 
Now Saturn could prove tricky –
quite a job to get that far;
suppose I’d take the ring road,
and drive there in my car.
 
The moon would pose no problem
for close at hand you’d be...
I’d tell the man who lives up there –
throw a ladder down to me.
 
Our universe is aeons big
with miles and miles of sky,
yet love – it knows no limits,
for hearts have wings to fly.
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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I enjoyed the rhythm and fun and romance of this, Tina. Is romance the 'tiny light'?

(Though not agreeing with the quote with its cosmological and evolutionary - or would it be phylosophical? - assumptions!)

Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Hello there, Rhiannon and thanks for reading...the 'tiny light' being the view from earth with the naked eye of the Space Station itself, so get spottingsmiley Mind you, it's tipping it down here, so I don't think anyone, not in this part of the world, at least, will spot it tonight.

Tina

 

Submitted by loquaciousicity on

A heavenly love poem...

stellar rhymes...

galactic grace...

Super (nova)!!

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

smiley smileyTa, Tony

Tina