Did you know that lightning on Venus
never hits the ground
it sort of… stutters a fractured, never ending pathway
through sulphuric acidic clouds
illuminating a dense orange toxic glow
the finale of nowhere else to go
an epiphany of global warming
still, if Venus would have me
I’d be 30 pounds lighter
before I was burnt to a crisp
in the lava flow of her heart
expendable ash
a non particle
in a puzzle of nothingness
that in all honesty
may never have existed
after unimaginable energies pull the universe apart
so that all we have accomplished, dreamed and created
disintegrates with the big rip…
of course that is assuming we don’t flick the switch off sooner
and somewhere in the distant future
maybe 500 billion years, give or take
lost in the dark
a faint brrrrrr
For Dverse meeting the bar: Creativity
Hope not! This is very clever. k.
ha….fascinating the beginning and your look in on venus…and the lightning…lets hope we dont flip that switch…though there are days i wonder if we will…being our own undoing…losing 30 pounds in a clip…not a bad diet either..smiles.
a faint brrr, it’s true science is a crazy place and we are just in the middle of some giant organ that’s been switched on for the time being. Best make the most of it then! x
A puzzle of nothingness that may never have existed. Yet we still write and create! Great poem here.
nice…love the title and the excursion into universe…i’m fascinated by the lightning on venus image that never hits the ground…really fascinating stuff..i need to learn a bit more about her..
How marvellous ~ I know 100% more about Venus than I did before ~ clever and interesting poem ~ fab take on the prompt
great take on the prompt…makes me wonder though if all the energies don’t disintegrate, only transform…love a metaphysical puzzle ;;)
incinerated into a phantom particle in a impossible world
i traveled through your poem to an unimaginable
brrrrr
This is such an imaginative and creative write ~ Its fascinating what we can see and do in a different part of the universe ~
intriguing verse, clever, imaginative, and contemplative! Well Done
I love how science shifts to myth in this. Mmmm and this “stutters a fractured, never ending pathway” . . . that lightning offers passage, even endless. Irresistible.
Love the combination of science and formed verse. And your imagery is detailed, bright.
I’ve enjoyed another visit to your place Di. You have a wonderfully creative mind.
Really cool poem, Dianne. The science is way over my head, but the poetry is great!
I love this poem, not helpful feedback but true. The journey through the universe was fascinating. Thanks so much for joining us!