An Archive of poems I have written |
I dreamt a strange dream Where planets were like stepping stones Across a black sky to the suns gleam Each alive with different tones On Neptune, I shivered in the dark Here the sun was not the only star In a dark blue sky, I saw its spark Like a tiny light from afar On Uranus, under cyan skies It was cold as ice and the winds raged The sun could not be seen with eyes In blue clouds, I felt caged On Saturn, I looked at the blue Fascinated by rings and moons My feet sank in gas and goo Her moons played different tunes On Jupiter, in a neverending storm I felt heavier than ever before Blue skies filled with the form Of the coat of moons, it wore On Mars, I stood on Mons Olympus Around me was red rocky rust, The air was thin and the tempest Hid the blue dawn in endless dust On Earth, I waded through deep oceans A world full of life, breathing air Green forest and bird song emotion Left me reluctant to leave from there On Venus, under the orange firmament My foot sank into a burning wasteland I breathed in acid, damage permanent Beneath crushing skies was lifeless land On Mercury, I stood on solid ground Looking up to black starless skies There was no air or life to be found The suns light blinded at its rise Finally, at the sun I realized It was larger than all the worlds combined Their orbits, around it centralized Their light and warmth it defined |