Equinox

When the sun o’er the equator twice a year bides,
day and night partake equally--twelve hours each.
But then past the ecliptic the sun always slides
until time’s basic balance remains out of reach.

From our human perspective the sun seems to move;
geocentrism survives with adamant zeal.
Yet the Earth is dynamic and still in the groove
in its axial spin which we just cannot feel.

‘Round the sun goes the Earth once a year on a tilt;
it’s an axis to wit as a line so sublime.
This is just the way the solar system is built
as the Earth changes position during that time.

It is the Southern Equinox, autumn at hand!
In the north, summer waves goodbye with some regret.
But in the southern latitudes folks think it grand--
summertime is approaching, a seasoned cadet!

There is no nepotism for nighttime or day
as a family would side providing a pull.
Thus on this day in September, Sol has its way
to give equal attention with proximate rule.

O the time of equality arrives, all right,
and before long the scales of imbalance appear.
There’s a dividing line between more day or night
which the Equinox shows to be perfectly clear.


24 Lines (Anapestic Tetrameter)
Writer’s Cramp; September, 21, 2013