Diane Hine - Sister Planet lyrics

An ocean flowed on Venus eons past Before a body blow reversed her spin And now alas, unlike her earthly twin Her waters to the heavens have been cast. Tectonic plates, unoiled, locking fast And no sure pa**age frees the heat within The skin and core are thermally akin No dynamo protects from cosmic blast. And lighter gas is swept away by rays Ten miles deep, from pole to pole she's wrapped In densest greenhouse gas, her body steeps. Each blistered night, a hundred plus earth days In Vulcan's ashy forge forever trapped And with sulphuric acid tears she weeps.