Carl Sagan told us
We're made from star stuff
Tiny bits of matter
Bundles of energy
Born eons ago
In the center of a star
Somewhere, everywhere
Here, then, now
Tiny, temporary galaxies
We spin through life
Accelerating, non-stop
Toward the infinite
There is space within us
Much more than substance
And space between us
Flying apart, we scatter
Until we feel the pull
Gravity takes hold
And we dance, as partners,
With stellar neighbors
Our star stuff commingles
And we remember: time is now,
There is no space between us
And again, as always, we are one
Copyright Don Davidson 2009
Photo: The Antennae Galaxies. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration. Acknowledgment: B. Whitmore (Space Telescope Science Institute)
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