Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Black Hole!





ABC WEDNESDAY
http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/2010/01/b.html
Letter 'B'.


BLACK HOLE!

Imagine it!
There you are,
Mooching along in Space,
When you suddenly start to
E....long.....ate!
*
Too late you realise that
Like a piece of string,
Being sucked down a plug-hole,
You are entering
A Black Hole!
*
You are reaching
The Event Horizon!
*
You start to disintegrate!
This is it!
The Singularity!
'The Point of no Return!'
*
'Abandon hope
All ye who enter here!'
Indeed!
*
For
Nothing can escape
A Black Hole!
Not even Light!
(That's why it's Black!)
*
Once upon a time,
Your Black Hole was a Star!
It had a gravitational pull,
Like our Earth.
*
Then it collapsed!
It's gravity turned on it!
It sucked in and in and in,
Until nothing was left
But a dot!
But a dot with the gravitational pull
Of a Star!
*
And now it's gotcha!
This is the stuff of nightmares!
*
'Sucked In!'
You've heard that cry?
*
This is it!
*
But, fear not.
Our Sun is too minor
To behave this way.
*
Earth is safe too.
*
Looked at it that way
It's good fun!
*
Isn't it?
*

My view of the Cosmos here:
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/07/62-froth.html

17 comments:

Bradley Hsi said...

Great post, enjoy it and like the photo too.

Sylvia K said...

Fun post for the B day Brenda!! Love your words as always! Hope your week is going well!

Sylvia

Everyday Goddess said...

But it's so thrilling to contemplate!

Great topic.

Strawberry Jam Anne said...

Explained that way it is good fun. Great choice of B.

Granny Smith said...

Is it? I understand that scientists think that there is a black hole at the center of our galaxy. Good poem. Bad idea, though, to get too close to that black hole...

Roger Owen Green said...

You're just trying to scare us., aren't you? AREN'T YOU?

There was this Black Hole movie in the 1980s and a three-part adaptation which our store bought WAY too many copies of. I so wish they could have disappeared down a black hole.

On behalf of the ABC Wednesday team, thank you!

Unknown said...

You are very creative for sure : )

photowannabe said...

Wow, that's quite graphic. Scary good fun....
Delightful Rinkly Rimes.

Hildred said...

What a great 'B' - not a nice fate to contemplate though. The Universe is such a mystery, - thank you for explaining Black Holes.

diann @ The Thrifty Groove said...

Very fun post!

jay said...

I'm glad we're safe, because I don't want to e... long ... ate! LOL!

But I wonder, you know, if the elongation is only the perception of what's happening, from this side. What if you just got sucked through it and out of the other side unharmed? And landed in another dimension?

Hmm. Still the stuff of nightmares, I think!

Rune Eide said...

Ideed it is. I would have liked a private one - than I might be able to clean out the garage (and a bit more)...

Lisa said...

You did great! I would think that was a tough B.

Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...

I may never sleep well again!! :) This is a great post and I very much enjoyed it.

Cheryl said...

Oh my goodness, that gave me the shivers!

Tom said...

i like this cosmo space poetry!

millions and millions do.

Tumblewords: said...

Only you could make such a delightful poem about a black hole. Wonderful!