Another silver white element,
of high radioactivity,
no natural deposits are present,
sets a good amount of energy free,

Ticked away in the first million years,
as part of the radium – uranium row,
the Curium that nowadays appears,
had an artificial path to go,

As residue in nuclear energy reaction,
Curium can be separated and used,
Marie and Paul Curie honored for its detection,
but there is no big amount produced.

As semi stable precursor for elemental creation,
exploring the possibilities of stability,
it is used as radionuclide battery variation,
and Curium found a recent opportunity,

The novel alpha particle x-ray spectrometer generation,
to analyize the very composition of the extraterrestrial
used for exo-planet exploration,
Curium is fulfilling a not any more Sci-Fi call,

High energy, typical appearance,
radioactive, and hard,
fueling humanities chance,
to reach the stars onward.