Venus Sun-Trap
The Venus Sun-Trap
Bright sister of the Earth defines the sky at eve and dawn
For similarities not at all, a hothouse orb intensely strong
Of water next to none that would see it boil and frazzle
Earth’s closest sister dons sulphur clouds that really makes her dazzle
Bright Lucifer and Vesper that heralds an evening prayer
Two stars not one named by the ancients for her light so fair
This Roman goddess of beauty and love rages a polar storm
Her hellish mantel submits non stop to molten rocks that warm
Bright Venus, second to the sun. the messenger goes first
She’s first for an inferno that would make the devil thirst
And more transcends them all with atmospheric pressure
Ninety times more than Earth, her fiery crown a treasure
Bright lady whose carbon greenhouse is her estate
Two hundred three and forty earth days, it takes her to rotate
The slowest of the lot, her magnetic field not much
But her volcanic life and magma are very hard to match
Bright morning star that twinkles in the fading night time sky
I know exactly who you are, so clearly seen by human eye
Too hot for human mission and short lived the probes that land
One day you may be conquered with your secrets well in hand
Copyright © Rose Johnson | Year Posted 2018
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