Coming home

We are a drop in the ocean
A grain in the sand
Inside a lonely planet
In a vast outer space

We live between infinite stars
Among a trillion galaxies
And yet we are—
The rarest event in the universe

Feeling alone
We venture out
Searching for something
We cannot name

It is only when we feel the cosmic abyss
We comprehend the miracle it is
To be traveling alone
But together as one

Why can’t we see?
How special this is—
To be alive on this sublime island
All we ever need

So we come back home
To save what is left
The journey is long
But we bring our humanity back.

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