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We have come so far, why not a little farther?

Gaiascope dreaming, oasis in the void

Grandeur sacred, sufficient on its own

Maternal vale, no need for revelation

Consider this, the probability

The uniqueness, how precious?

We were blessed with an age of calm

for man to evolve and grip a firm handhold

What we see, a perfect circle

In overview, most striking

Blue marble parallel

Delicate yet robust

to support the most beautiful....accident!

We have come so far, why not a little farther?

Is that the least we deserve?

It was not faith that built the stars

It was not faith that forged the Earth

It was the laws of the Universe

Alone in the cold emptiness

Keeping us warm in the darkness

Embrace life with open eyes

To see that narrow arc of light

Showing our Earth, clearly fragile

Empires will fall, one and all

Returned....home

From fire and air to Earth

A small ball of rock and iron

It is ours for care or destruction until its demise

The afternoon in the garden

where I would contemplate such things

To the evening that became the dawn

and made a new day

(for) There may be only one