Awed
The universe we live in is vast
The universe is amazingly vast
The universe is surprisingly vast
The universe is unimaginably vast
Stars are incredibly hot
Yet they are but small random specs in the vast cold universe
Massive telescopes and space probes
Look through space and time
Radio wave technology
Seeks for evidence of intelligent life
Yet we have yet to find any other life conscious of itself
We are indeed rare us living and conscious beings
Though stars be small specs in vast space
There are far more stars than conscious beings
At the base of our personal universe
We lie in bed in gentle embrace
Silently greeting the day
We are two hearts beating warmth into a cold and lifeless universe
Our lungs are breathing life into a empty and sterile universe
How rare life is in this vast universe
Each day we wake and know we are alive
We accomplish the rarest of feats in the entire universe
We are in deed fortunate to live and breathe
To have experience and personal history
We are surrounded and cradles by life
Our teeming planet
A small oasis in an endless desert of space
We are so rare, so precious
So incalculably fortunate
Is life a gift a miracle?
Perhaps,
yet there is no denying
it is the rarest of opportunities
The opportunity to live
and be conscious of being alive
Jim Guido