Footprints in the Cosmos
Richard
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In the quiet of the night we ponder,
Gazing ______ the stars with wonder.
Are we the only ones ______ tread,
On this blue sphere where life is spread?
______ we truly lonely, on this blue marble sphere?
This ______ dot, a mote of dust, adrift, with naught to hear?
No alien footprint lingers, on this shore whereon we roam,
Are we the only story, whispered back to home?
______ on his island, a lonely searching soul,
Stumbled on ______ footprint, a story yet untold.
A mark upon the sand, a whisper in the breeze,
Proof of another presence, ______ on the seas.
Moon-dusted boots still linger there,
While ______ rovers tread with mechanical flair.
Dinosaurs' tracks from eons past,
But cosmic visitors? Unsurpassed.
From ants to giants, all ______ a trace,
But where's the mark of otherworldly grace?
______ Crusoe on his island shore,
We search for signs, ______ find no more.
Happisburgh whispers secrets, of giants from ______ past,
Their footprints etched in stone, forever meant to last.
Eve's delicate impression, a testament to time,
Of ancestors ______ walked this Earth, beneath a different clime.
On this ______ of dust we stand,
Scanning skies with outstretched hand.
______ we the only ones who roam?
Or is the ______ also home?