she came from another world
the gas giant on jupiter,
passed io on her way
and the asteroid belt and mars, too
but her eyes were set on earth
mars had turned its head when
she flew through the void
streaking across space
with a sparkling shine
trailing from her high-velocity journey
mars had wished her to strike its surface
no one has touched it for many years
billions, it thinks, but goes on anyways
it's a fleeting feeling, but the
closeness of her makes it ache
the earth gets everything,
the earth has life thriving on it
but the only thing that mars has
is red skin, pockmarks covering
its wrinkled, scarred face
ice that has been frozen for eons
volcanoes which have refused to erupt
it wishes they would, then it could be angry
there could at least some rage that
pours through its valleys
yet it remains stagnant
no one touches it
and she goes on, passing it by
the destruction of life is upon them
why couldn't she hit something
which meant absolutely nothing
to anybody?