Dianne Alvine - Pale Blue Dot

Dianne Alvine has been writing poetry since she was a child. It continues to be her favorite passion. Her chapbook, ‘Child’s Play,’ was published by Finishing Line Press in 2018. Several of her poems have been published in Muse-Pie Press, Poetry Super Highway, and an upcoming issue of Auroras and Blossoms Poetry Journal. Her poem, ‘Someday,’ was selected to appear in Forward Poetry’s One Week Poetry Challenge Anthology. Dianne’s poem, ‘Oranges,’ was written during a very sad time, when her mother needed to be placed in a nursing home. She believes that poetry has been a blessing in her life.

Pale Blue Dot

Tiny lonely speck in a vast dark cosmos, you are still a mystery. After billions of years of cataclysmic agony, through meteor fires, ice storms, volcanoes and tsunamis that raged like madmen, you were born, a celestial baby.

You alone have been the keeper of us all. Without you, we are nothing. I love you so much, pale blue dot. But there is only one you must live for, a golden goddess whose pull attracts you like no other.

In a universe where love is fickle, you have found each other. Pale blue dot, I beg you, do not deceive her. Without her, you are as worthless as a swirling piece of dust, spinning aimlessly in a cold lifeless world.