Sense Sonnet - Chiller

2012

The Mayan calendar runs out
In 2012 we are told.
There are many theories about
What the meaning of that does hold.
Those who study the sun do tell
That in a billion years or so,
Ol' Sol will be a darkened shell.
But maybe these folks really know
What the Mayans could calculate -
That sooner, not later, the sun
Will suffer the normal star fate
Of lights out and over and done.

I hope that in 2013
The sun will be shining routine.