The Goldilocks Zone (…just right!)
things like
years, months, days, hours–
things like this
don’t exist
in nature
they are human constructs,
made for convenience–
they do not exist
in nature
the sun doesn’t know
it’s Tuesday, or June,
or 6:16 a.m. sunrise
to the sun, we are but
a distant speck, a
meaningless rock
the sun is the reason
humans can exist–
a little further away,
and we would freeze;
much closer,
and we would burn
God put us in
the goldilocks zone,
so we might live,
and gave us a star
to provide
energy for humans,
animals, plants–
everything
Our climate is due to the
activity of the sun–
human activity is not on
a scale to meaningfully affect
an entire planet (such hubris)
As Earth is a speck to the sun,
so, too, are humans specks
to the Earth
Remember this:
the seasons are caused
by the 23.5 degree tilt
of the Earth
as it orbits–
the part tilted away
gets winter,
the part tilted toward
gets summer
All that drastic temperature change,
caused by just a little wobble
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I really like the “Goldilocks Zone” description!
Thank you, Carrie!
Great writing!
Thank you, Linda!