Millions, billions, trillions all around us
But barely beheld behind the shadows
of ancient trees, the size of skyscrapers
Looming like the sentinels of a moon-temple.
They look down upon us dispassionately,
As we stumble, drunk in the dark.
We forgot our flashlights, but it’s fine
Because we stand among the stars.
We know the lovely stars,
We gather them together
with stories, so they will not be lonely,
And give them satellites for company.
We are celestial bodies, floating in foreverness,
Collected debris organized into the orbits of our days.
Just little lights, seen from afar, but massive in perspective.
We are vast, we are ancient, we matter.
No matter how far apart
In the inky black abyss we drift,
The bonds of gravity are never broken,
We are forever drawn together.
In the stars, we know where we are,
Navigating uncharted oceans by night.
This is where we are, we are here,
Just here, in the stars, in the stars, in the stars.