Oblate Spheroid

they say Saturn takes almost thirty years
to orbit the sun
sad that some don't live that long
and die young
decomposing in graves illuminated by
fireflies
who long for the sky
and although they can fly
their wings would fry
should they try to reach that planetary wonder

once I had a dream about the moon
she called me up
asked me to look after Neptune
because she was so blue
and kept asking about her father
if he was someone I knew
as it turns out
she was blue in the mouth
because she belonged in the sea with the god she was asking about

a thousand miles above the ocean
and you're still worried about the waves
the treading is treacherous 
but I wasn't born to behave
I may as well be a mermaid
swimming in Saturn's electricity
sleeping in a hydrogen blanket
I'll dream up the greatest story

higher than you'll ever know
a dimension you cannot enter
and as you scale the planet's gravity
I'll be dancing in its center

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Great thoughts and I like the places you took me with.
"a thousand miles above the ocean
and you're still worried about the waves
the treading is treacherous
but I wasn't born to behave
I may as well be a mermaid
swimming in Saturn's electricity"
The above lines can stand on their own. You create good vision and thoughts with the outstanding poetry.
Coyote
sleeping in a hydrogen blanket
I'll dream up the greatest story