Audouin's Hunger Poem by Quoth TheRaven

Had a thought a moment ago, just before I broke your aura'd wing,
trapped here, forever, within Audouin's vast crater alone and pining.
Starved for ages, a new gnawing hunger'd vision looked to bring.,
had we met, you and I, before the javelin started skyward climbing?

Though skin is rough and jagged as scoria litter that surrounded,
there beats a heart recognized by all the vanquished ghosts of Mars.
Was this love, don't know.., tho' never felt quite so astounded.
Perhaps startled to realize, it was I.., snared by her eyes in fawning stars.

Pitiful, mortal creatures molded by divine hands such as we,
learn only now, the cosmos proves bearable only through love.
And so I'll starve tonight, and tomorrow, and perhaps forever be.,
though joyous still.., no longer alone, or taunted by constellations above.

At last you take wing again, watch you soar away into the starlit night,
this day found love to save, and let your spirit go in merciful flight.

~~My apologies to Carl Sagan~~