How to Touch the Sky
To touch the sky
from anywhere
remain right there
standing
sitting
either way
with widened eyes
or eyelids shut
hands wherever
they may lay
fingers clenched
relaxed or spread
no magic
or imagining
instead
let science define atmosphere
from overhead
down to the ground
the air about us
all around!
How to Touch the Sky © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
50 words (prompt limit). Touch the Clouds challenge prompt link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2739320-50-words-Contemporary-Abstract--TOUCH-THE-C
Poem inspired by science:
https://www.csmonitor.com/1996/0402/02173.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/layers-of-the-atmosphere-p2-3444429
Submitted: January 10, 2020