[NEW]
Scientists know more about the
moon
than the ocean.
[WAXING CRESCENT]
Light can only dive 200 meters
down into the ocean. Below it,
the “Midnight Zone” glows in the dark.
(By standing in your shadow,
I am hoping to become
bioluminescent.)
[FIRST QUARTER]
Life has a tendency to thrive in hostile environments.
For this reason, Jupiter’s moon,
Europa, may be able to support
life within the global ocean of
liquid water that is hidden
beneath the ice at its surface.
(This is why I am able to bloom in the dark.)
[WAXING GIBBOUS]
The ocean bows to no one but the moon. Turn
off the lights. Turn up the stars. Low tide wants to
fold back inside itself and lap against the
shores of the Sea of Tranquility.
High tide just wants to be noticed.
[FULL]
But a heated black body sunspot,
(isolated from the rest
of the photosphere),
still shines brighter than the moon. Wolves should
be howling at the sun instead.
Aug 9, 2015
Aug 9, 2015 at 10:52 PM UTC
[NEW]
Scientists know more about the
moon
than the ocean.
[WAXING CRESCENT]
Light can only dive 200 meters
down into the ocean. Below it,
the “Midnight Zone” glows in the dark.
(By standing in your shadow,
I am hoping to become
bioluminescent.)
[FIRST QUARTER]
Life has a tendency to thrive in hostile environments.
For this reason, Jupiter’s moon,
Europa, may be able to support
life within the global ocean of
liquid water that is hidden
beneath the ice at its surface.
(This is why I am able to bloom in the dark.)
[WAXING GIBBOUS]
The ocean bows to no one but the moon. Turn
off the lights. Turn up the stars. Low tide wants to
fold back inside itself and lap against the
shores of the Sea of Tranquility.
High tide just wants to be noticed.
[FULL]
But a heated black body sunspot,
(isolated from the rest
of the photosphere),
still shines brighter than the moon. Wolves should
be howling at the sun instead.
written for my poetry: intermediate course. prompt: stages
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