Eternal Night

A description of eternal night.

Eternal Night

I'm eternal night
where there dwells no eye
that may see a height
like a big blue sky.

Underneath my might
creatures verify
without need of sight
only what they ply

with smell, touch, a bite,
or an echoed cry
bouncing off a site
where they form a tie.

They don't know their plight.
Here, they live and die
never knowing light,
happier thereby.

Reviews

[Samuel Jack]

It's a dark world you paint, but then the creatures who live their are happy cause its their environment. Made me think of insects that live their entire lives in caves, have you ever seen them? Every species is pale and translucent cause they never encounter UV rays. A kind of solidarity. Cool poem Aeth

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Samuel! Life has the creative ability to fill every environmental niche. If we throw toxins into our atmosphere, then organisms evolve that thrive because of them, but human beings don't evolve as fast as microbes, bugs, and mice. Since human beings have the ability to thrive in outer space, perhaps we should leave our Earth to all those life forms that don't have that ability.

[Samuel Jack]

Ace! What a plan, that won't be the reason though, it'll be so we can have a coka cola planet with a Microsoft moon

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

I like the idea of an "eternal night"...there are a lot of surreal implications regarding the concept. I like the metaphorical significance and the strange complexity of a piece that is otherwise so concise. I enjoyed the read.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Sarah! Rhyming requires that I be concise because it forces me to make every word count. Complexity is often found within simplicity.

[quinfinn]

an intriguing thought, and what is this eternal night? it conjures many possibilities and is penned extremely well. nice work.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, quinfinn! I'm happy to have you as a new friend.

[quinfinn]

ditto!