Ice Planet

Free Verse - Discovery

Ice Planet  
       
Time froze solid over crystal ledges 
Not withstanding planetary degrees of cold
Eroded ages in deep space remain
Below zero beyond the inner planets
A pure white landscape far away
Fixed in the void a world displaced

Through no fault of its own
Ice geysers spew forth from tectonic force
Debris escapes through thin atmospheres embrace
As the rings of Saturn part 
No gravity to hold it back from endless dark

Sacred worlds, engineered by natures magic
Reminded of Earth's past without the people
Religion, caskets, cold graves and catacombs
Back on the home planet are gone or frozen

It seems so long ago
Brought in from the cold on dim candles glow  
Before the age of matches lit the way

In the age of Renaissance, intelligence grew
With colorful flowers, warm hues and daring fragrances 
Lifted enlightenment to bloom

Soon there would be rockets in the future
History holds nothing back not even floods
Love of exploration and science are not taboo
To build a future 

Divine intervention fits in small crevasses
In hour glasses devoid of population
Sand can not keep up with time  
Plenty of ice though fills in unknown zones 
So many barren worlds stand out there alone

Planets move fast, stretch on vast distances
Far from the sun
Measure out frost in the cosmos cold and long 

Engineering inventions will do 
The way, the truth, the light
Replacing catacombs and candles

Hope springs eternal in the depth of space
Where lights flicker, ashamed to go out of place
Cosmic storms rain on with asteroids
Manufactured in the void 
Where it is always cold
Ice Planet roams alone
Awaiting an encounter