Morning Star

VII.

MORNING STAR

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How cold did it seem to be?

It was blue cold.

The snow, the ocean, the sky…and me.

And I was feeling very old.

         

The snow dry-crunched under my boot,

As I walked out to the bus.

The yellow, hollow metal brute,

I knew there'd be no heat for us

         

Until we reached the half-way take

Of our frigid forty mile trip.

As we started past Musquashicut Lake

and my frozen nose began to drip

I looked out my side window

And saw a brilliant Venus over the horizon

And at an angle above the ocean below

Was an orange arc from the soon to rise Sun.

         

In my mind's eye I absorbed                                

This morning star's orbital path

Around the yet to rise orb ;

Then saw the same for earth ...

On which we rode, my bus and me,

Outside of Venus' circuit ride

Both we and "she"

A rarely seen cosmic view.

         

Around the sun which yet did hide

Whoa! I felt the solar system under my seat,

Which my mind long knew to be true,

But this was a different feat

                                                                                                           

The family of our Sun

Doth with us similarly twirl

 A story of the daily fun,

In a huge cosmic swirl

So what of me

Infinitessimal "mite"

Whose center can see

To the Initial site

                                                                  

From which It all sprang

At the Original "Bang".

                                                                   by Charlie Mc

[Written after 35 years of driving a school bus everyday to the school at which I taught. Image of the brilliant Venus rising just before the Sun.]