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?