Riding on a wave like a surfer I dreamed I was drifting through space for I was Mars and felt isolated.
I watched as it all went in orbit with the sun being our anchor point. Round and round like a clock with an infinite supply of power via batteries that need no replacing. The sun.
It was on one occasion where I was on my routine orbiting when I noticed her. The beauty in grace as she orbited around the sun was breathtaking. It knocked me out of orbit for a bit and I almost crashed into some asteroids. My face was unusually red, I was blushing. How could a whole planet be blushing especially a red planet like myself?
I never felt this way since Earth. Oh Earth. What a beautiful planet she was. Three moons we made together and we had to split. She had too many things going on and I needed her attention more but she was not willing to give up her ambition for family so she called for a divorce, I took two moons with me.
Two beautiful moons that barely talk to me because they miss Earth. The fun that was on Earth was indescribable. Humans building things unimagined before now. Life blossoming in a way that Earth could barely keep up. She didn’t mind it at all. In fact, she loved it. I found it interesting too but a planet has needs. And a lonely planet like me that has no life on it is barely entertained.
I’m only entertained when parts of her is asleep and she tells me stories of what she did to balance the flow of life. She told me about rain, volcanoes and even earthquakes. She reminded me that the beauty I see in her is just the tip of the iceberg. Everything was colorful.
She wanted to invite me to see but that would be disastrous as our centers of gravity will be distorted and we could clash and become one planet or we could get knocked out of our orbits and slowly drift into space while we begin to tear ourselves apart on a descent into nothing.
Either way there was destruction and loss of lives in our paths.
It was a risk I was willing to take. I’d rather have two years to be that close to Earth than an eternity of admiring her from far. It’s hard being a planet in this galaxy, most especially when you have no life on you and all that remains are memories of times past. Times when there was life and abundance. We had fun. I remember.
But we wanted more. We wanted to create empires of moons and asteroids. Explore the galaxy with it’s impressive array of stars light years away. Watching them burn gave me joy. Joy unspeakable to witness such beauty in flames and dust. Colors that gave meaning to it all.
Our sun is dying and we watch hopelessly while it gracefully continues to burn. It will take a while before it burns out. That gave me relief. That day Venus caught my attention. She noticed, even with Earth between us, she looked particularly stunning. She was lonely. No moon to keep her company so as expected, she was shy.
She didn’t know how to react when I reached out to her. But she was willing to respond. In fact she responded well. We were on the same orbit one day when she said she would like to be with me. I was so excited but Earth warned that it would be disastrous for all three of us.
The trip from Venus to Mars would mean that Venus would have to go through Earth’s orbit and she might collide with Earth and that will mean disaster. But I didn’t see reason. All I saw was the possibility of Venus and I spending an eternity together. And besides Earth was just jealous that I have finally found the love of my life that was willing to spend quality time with me.
I told Venus to get ready for the trip. We have nothing to loose. After all the Sun will die eventually. We will die eventually. The risk is worth it. And as you know it, Venus began the trip. Destruction was imminent. But love destroys us all in the end.
Abdulwahab Abubakar is a part time writer and a full time imaginator( yeah he imagined the word too). He blogs at oshomahabu.wordpress.com
