Tenacity
Four billion years
before today
a planet crashed
the Earth
they say
yet life
clawed forth
eventually.
So let us meet
catastrophe
with strength
intent
tenacity.
Tenacity © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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26 words (prompt limit). Stronger than Broken brevity challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2763542-26-words-or-less---stronger---ROXANE-GAY-noguest
Poem inspired by the Giant-Impact Hypothesis (another planet said to have collided possibly with Earth long ago):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis
Submitted: October 20, 2020