Gliese 581c

Sombrero galaxies spiral

send rugged asteroids tumbling,

to plunder barren worlds,

and cut across bright cavities in ionised gas

as dense colossal swirling nebulae birthing stars

penetrate a thick black expanse.

 

 

Interstellar monsters roam infinity,

striking constellations

of globular clusters and raging furnaces,

spherical fusion reactions of brilliant

pervasive burning hot gas

and coronal mass ejection 

blazing billions of light years away,

more than the minuscule grains of sand

in all the beaches, seabeds

and vast sun baked deserts

of our delicately balanced biosphere.

 

 

And thriving

amongst this celestial carnage

the prolific, resilient

and fearless explorer, mankind;

An abundance of bloodlust horror,

resplendent enigmatic wonder,

and a history of ravenous conquest

with unfettered awareness

of his volatile tendency,

a hairs breadth from self annihilation

and yet, this passionate burning desire

to seek out and invite

his distant neighbours,

the unknown tenants of the stars.