The Planet’s Song
A Poem From a New World for Earth Day
As part of Earth Day 2025 celebrations, I am pleased to announce that I am working with
on a brand new Sci-fi story anthology entitled “Celestial Feast.”To give you a taste of what’s in store, please enjoy this exclusive piece set within the new world we’re building, and be sure to subscribe to Chris as well for more updates!
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Cora: Felix! Felix, please tell me you’re awake!
Felix: I am now…(coughing) your incessant messages have seen to that.
Cora: I’m sorry, but I had to reach you. I’ve done it, Felix! The translator is working!
Felix: What? You’re serious?
Cora: Yes! We were right, the Gelaton peoples do in fact communicate through some form of music. They’re singing, Felix!
Felix: We already knew that, please tell me that’s not why you woke me up. (cough)
Cora: There’s more. They’re singing to the volcanic jellyfish we’ve discovered around the planet. What were those called again?
Felix: Yes, the Jellarks! Remarkable, are the Jellarks singing back?!
Cora: Unknown, but the translator has decoded the language they’re using when they gather on the Jellarks. We’ve managed to transcribe the lyrics in their entirety.
Felix: Okay, now you have my attention.
Cora: I’m transmitting the lyrics to you now. I’ll see you soon. I love you!
Felix: I love you too, even if you do wake me up at unreasonable hours. (repeated coughing), Damn, this cough is going to be the end of me.
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The tides above go out. We, the children remain devout. Darkness crawls across the land, But here we firmly stand.
Fellow Medusas, raise your voice, Holy Seamounts, may you rejoice! Upon this place where purpose grows, We remain through the highs and lows.
Protectors of the oceans hear our cry. The Seamounts, who float and fly. We stand guard by your side. Setting aside all of our pride.
Here and now, we sing the planet’s song. Our bodies are weak, but you are strong As the ocean stars finally align We see that your purpose here is divine.
Seamounts, please accept our sacrificial dead. With reverence, upon your bodies we tread. We humbly feed you this sacred specimen so that you may consume and recycle our kin.
Take our feeble flesh and skin and transform it into sacred gelatin. As our bodies feed the sky’s ocean, We will never waver in our devotion.
Seamounts, we listen patiently for your voice. And when that day comes, we shall rejoice. The day our gods grace us with their song, Returning to the clean ocean above after so long.
Thanks for Reading! Here’s Your Musical Pairing
Listen to this after reading, like pairing a glass of wine with dinner, and stay tuned for more information soon on Celestial Feast!
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