The Rapid Acquisition of Oxygen

Think how incredible dawn would seem
If you’d ever seen only night,

How incredible a starry night would seem
If you’d lived entirely by daylight,

How incredible a city skyline would seem
To a pre-electric time traveller,

How incredible the River of Souls did seem
To Los Angelenos after an earthquake,

When all the power was out long enough
That police received anxious calls

About a strange, glowing cloud that was
Bridging the whole dark sky.

In microgravity, fire burns in spheres,
Not tears, if there’s oxygen available.