A Nasa image of comet ISON nearing the Sun
A one time visitor came whipping around
Whipping around on a wild ride
The comet, a fossil of early times
Five and a half million years ago
The gigantic Oort cloud sphere of rocks
Around the Solar system stands so large
A slight shake and a nudge here and there
The rock pieces pulled out of its zone
Tumbled into the inner home
And went wayward on a free fall
With a wide lump of ice now on the rock
This icy debris dancing drunk hurrying
Like Icarus it sought to touch the Sun
The fiery tryst as it grazed
Will leave it roasted and frying
If it survives on luck by chance,
Soon get brighter and can go flying
A hyperbolic gallop around the Sun just one time
The sun got sucking its snowball ice
Once there came a chance to see the magical comet
In the night sky of Christmas season
Reminding how the three wise men
Patiently waited to see what a star revealed
When a wandering star soon stood still to see
Shining at a height
Silent on a cold December night
When Jesus our saviour was born
Of the lovely Virgin Mary
In a manger in Bethlehem
The story of two thousand years and more
Now the year old Comet ISON ( Eye'-shan) is dead
Broken by the wear and tear it endured
Young t'was to handle the might of the Sun
In our memories it will forever be
A twinkling wandering star in the sky
By J K Roseline
most enjoyable interesting reading
Love & Peace
William
budd
on the backside of the sun. But it's still intact.
Enlightening and informative poetry.
Ron