You are Here

I saw this picture on a subreddit and got inspired.

Published in r/Spaceporn by u/paslightyear

You are here,

Paying taxes and living in fear.

Moist cheeks shine red and bare,

'Neath a bursting tear.

You are here,

A cog in the wheel, spinning flair,

Dazed and giddy, unaware,

Headed to nowhere.

But you are here,

Fasted belt as another steer,

You taste the rubber in the air,

Screeching, grinding gear.

You are here,

A pitiful creature, a lit up deer,

Drowned by the noises of mortal drear,

You can't even hear.

What's here, there and everywhere,

Surrounded by beauty you can't compare,

The twinkling sky on a night that's clear,

Cosmic secrets appear.

Why resist to gasp and revere?

At a vault coated in pitch-black veneer,

The Milky Way shining like a chandelier,

Swinging in the cosmosphere.

You are here,

Paying taxes and living in fear.

The universe radiates an ancient glare,
Earth spins yet another year.

And you are here.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

And long after we have gone, there will be others here paying their taxes just the same. Looking up at the milky way and admiring it just as we have. We are but a dust mote in the universe. Insignificant in the overall picture. Thank you Omikron. The posted image is certainly one which stimulates thinking.

[Dave W.]

And going thousands of miles an hour through the cosmos, mind blowing really, Thank you for sharing

[Omikron]

Thanks for reading Dave, appreciate it!

[Dave W.]

It was really thought provoking, like no matter what happens here's is the proper perspective, every time I hear a self important celebrity I think of the stars and who we are in all of it.

[Omikron]

Yes I agree, whenever I get too lost in my head it usually helps to take a step back and look at it from a macroperspective. We're such a small part of the universe - insignificant really - and yet we often think we own the universe, trying to quantify it and using terms like "star" for people (celebrities as you mentioned). We make ourselves into Gods, often losing track of the real supernatural powers we all abide by.

[Dave W.]

Facts.........