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The Gaia Monologue

Rolling dawn to dusk across the starry length,

Spiraling circles amidst blazing orbs.

Held no memories of my stellar birth,

Nor tell vast upheavals of mighty epics.

 

Early shedding of original flames,

A layer of hydrogen was burned away.

Convulsions, diarrhea shrouds my youth,

A steamy cloak caresses my tender skin.

 

Around four billion laps before this day,

Life awakened in my ancient depths.

Poison polluted my outer coat, aye,

As oxygen poured from primal bugs.

 

Cycles of warmth and ice marks my crotch,

Evolving life, risking death, must adapt.

Such poor creatures persist beneath my watch,

I shelter them from the frigid void.

 

Toward the day of the dull red giant,

Even I am facing the gates of malicious wrath.

All shall perish under their final monument,

From youth, to strength, then wisdom, onto death.

 

Sadly, star dust tells no tales.

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Written by
jacky-xiang
Canadian
Published
Aug 30, 2010
Lines·Words
21·142
Notes

This one is one of my earliest poems.. rescued from being permanently mothballed; or rather resurrected from the grade school cemetery. This is most likely a product from those dreaded Reader's Workshops.. I can still remember the ******** drivel I had to hurdle over.. shudder

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