genesis

 

Here we are now

You

and

I

beneath our

broad and

bounteous

sky

our

firmament

of

roaring

stars

on this

fragile

globe

of ours

this realm of fire

and dust

and space

this

elemental

human

race

as far as we

can know

or see

there’s

no one

here

but you

and me

adrift

alone

anonymous

no them

no they

no one

but

us

 

should we seek

our maker’s name

or dare

to ask

from whence

we came

some fossil

of

the artist’s

hand

to urge us on

to understand

the

myth and magic

guile and graft

chance and

circumstance

or craft

which

brought us

mewling

puking

here

this hour

this star

this

rare

and

random

sphere

 

the chosen ones

just

You

and me

or simply

serendipity?