Two Suns Poem by Marieta Maglas

Earth has long had its faithful sun emitting rays
But what if we were to look out in the clear sky
And see two suns instead of one on a bright day?
What if this new sun will glamorize the human eye?


What if this sun will make the night a thing of the past
'Cause the Betelgeuse star system will change very soon?
This star has lost its fuel and it can't outlast
Exploding in a conflagration like a balloon.



The light from Betelgeuse will reach the underworld
There will simply be no night for a long period.
God will be alone in creating His new world.
Like in ' Theogony' written by the great Hesiod.


In the Middle Ages, the majority of people thought
The sun rises always early in the night sky
When mysterious events by fate are brought.
Then, they were afraid thinking that they could die.


One such destructive event occurred shortly before
The Tunguska incident. It could have been caused
By a gargantuan meteorite, they loudly said ''No more! '
But the light over the old Britain a few hours lasted.


If the sun were to have another illuminating
Companion for several weeks, we might forget
And we might not have another understanding
Of what the night means on our dear human planet.


It would mean that the supernova happened
Many years ago, the light can travel very fast.
This event with prediction can be associated.
Would it be an ending world like in the past?


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Will there be two suns in our blue sky someday?
Betelgeuse is quite enough to raise many eyebrows.
But would it be the end of the world? Who can say?
Anyway, what I think it is that nobody knows.

Poem by Marieta Maglas