Cosmic Journey
Meditate upon travel
Through the material plane.
Leave your mortal self behind
As the spirit wanders free.
Let your mind’s eye uncover
The wonders of the cosmos.
Surf the savage orange wind
Of a churning gas giant.
Spy purple methane floaters
Feeding in the swift current.
Avoid the electric death
Of a green ghunglider’s sting.
Watch a red dwarf slowly rise
Over a crimson hued land.
See pink polypods scurry
Up a scaly yellow trunk.
Drift amongst the tentacles
Of a lofty vampire tree.
Sail the ethereal tides
To Kreona’s seething moon.
Ride the hot sulphurous spume
Of an active volcano.
Witness armoured placomorphs
As they spawn in the black ooze.
Get lost on an icy world.
Roam across the frozen plains.
Find no trace of warmth or life.
Feel what it is truly like
To be completely alone,
Then leave that sad place behind.
Retrace your path through deep space.
Return to the Milky Way.
Grab onto a comet’s tail
As it speeds toward the Sun.
Soar back down to Mother Earth.
Bring your weary spirit home.
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Genres: Science Fiction. Authors: Richard H. Fay. Form: Illustrated, Poem. Length: 36 lines. Editor who accepted this story: Previous Editors. Reprint History: The Sword Review, September 3, 2007
Author Bio
Richard H. Fay is a published artist, illustrator, poet, and writer of non-fiction, as well as an amateur medievalist, folklore nut, fan of classic speculative literature, and avid reader of true tales of the supernatural and the unexplained.
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