I was taught that the sun’s rays
take eight minutes to reach Earth.
This benevolent star provides the energy
to drive the unending cycle of life.
Moisture falls to the ground
and sustains plants that thrive on the sun’s rays.
The plants make the oxygen that we breathe
so we can make the gas that feeds the plants.
The solar energy evaporates the water
which rises to the sky
so that it can fall to the earth
and the cycle repeats.
The sun is our friend.
This is what I was taught.
But I think the truth is much darker.
I think that the sun is trying to kill us
and that this cycle of life frustrates the sun
which is hurling death bolts at us
and then has to wait eight minutes
to see if its arrows strike true.
But the plants keep getting in the way.
The sun-fool apparently can not figure out
that if it would just stop trying to kill us
then we would all die.