(For the light-bending prompt at the Every Day Poems Facebook page.)
To bend the light I’d have to be composed
of stuff more substantial than the air.
Certainly, a vacuum (pressure-free)
wouldn’t do, yet neither would a wall
(so opaque!). Transparency is a requirement,
but even then, I wouldn’t bend the normal;
I’d only redirect the rays that came
to me obliquely. And be warned: by
the time illumination got to you,
it would be coming at a different angle
and we may no longer be on the same
wavelength.
Totally cool!!
Love that ending.
Miss Monica,
There certainly are a lot of big-n-fancy words here, but I followed along. My favorite line is “I wouldn’t bend the normal” — probably because I would. Or at least try to!
Blessings.
Science poetry. Awesome!