Atmospheric Pressure

Atmosphere stratified over billions of years Envelopes the Earth with protective layers Saves the life from damaging solar radiation Controls the climate and its spatial variation Burns meteorites or asteroids on their course So the Earth doesn’t become another Mars. Mountain peaks pierce invisible atmosphere Air pressure becomes less and less up there Clouds surge sink slow in low-pressure trough Descend as rain and snow with winds rough The air becomes thin with oxygen depletion Climber’s heart struggles albeit in jubilation. Let life lying low become the mountain high Rise over dreary atmosphere to touch the sky Reach the stratum where the pressure is low You will unburden life leaving the load below Ecstasy clouds would enter mind at elevation Melt in your heart as rain of blissful exaltation. August 25, 2017