Sure Thing Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

The scientists have found that mass
is constant in the universe
and lovers also like to hope
for faithfulness and love to last

But there is something even more
dead certain than the rates of change
how rules and measured flows of time
precisely atoms rearrange

Some think this mystery is strange
some know that comets crash in range
of where misguided folks do err
to teach them lessons to be fair

Bright meteors must sometimes soar
across night skies with frightful flares
and shake onlookers to the core
to surely go there never more

Sun spots can soar in flaming leaps
with energy they splurge and dare
to shake a solar fist at those
who want to challenge nature's ways

Some wonder just how morning dew
and evening shade can souls renew
upon a small suspended ball
with hardly any clout at all

Yet that's the only thing to last
more constant than the laws of space
more true than fires that will burn
more to be trusted and to learn

Foundations of all that exists
hinge on that small and humble globe
in just a handful of worn hearts
that no one notes to take a part

And even if one single voice
still calls and pleads with humble words
this little modest ball of earth
will still continue to give birth

Although the systems all around
the grandest scientists have found
may blow up with a giant bang
this little ball may still be found.