Friday, 31 December 2021

Timeless World


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On the eve of twenty-twenty-two

We are ready to celebrate

Another New Year.

 

But throughout The Milky Way,

Eighty five percent of stars are red dwarves

Which nestle worlds that are tidally locked.

 

Such planets have no days or seasons

Nothing to show the passage of Time.

Half of each world faces its sun,

And the other half remains in eternal night.

For anyone on the ground

The sun never moves across the sky.

It stays perfectly still.

Always midday, twilight or whatever.

 

Here there is no New Year.

Or Christmas

Or Winter or Summer Solstice

Or Seasons.

Not even a single Day.

Imagine living like that.

 

Time happens

But the measurement of Time

Is manufactured

By Mankind.

Let’s not forget that

As we celebrate

And as we navigate

Our Days throughout The Year.

 

Paul Butters

 

© PB 31\12\2021.

 

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