I'm sure everyone here has heard
the typical spiel about us and the universe
how the atoms in our bodies were fused in stars
how insignificant Earth seems from afar
how we are all the cosmos understanding itself
to care for Smart Life, it may exist nowhere else
but I want to focus on the fact that we're here
that you can ponder touch someone and drink a beer
at the same time in a glorious machine
that we call a body as you careen
with an air bubble stuck to a rock
where inside spins a molten magnet top
flying through the cosmos a Thousand Miles a minute
but you have in your skull the most complex thing in it
you see space isn't much more as far as We Know
than fiery gases and Dusty snow
it has no feelings it can't fall in love
these glorious inanimate objects don't think of
anything in particular they just are
hurling and whirling along with the Stars
you, on the other hand
you think
you love
you create
you fuck
you breastfeed
you dance
help those in need
advance
yourself to be better than who you were
bring meaningless chaos order
the exception to entropy
the light of consciousness
you, my friend are alive
