Every Day Should be Earth Day
Arcing through space
On a huge ball of molten rock
Whose surface has set into a thin crust,
Under which is a superheated liquid magma.
In the atmosphere
Of a star, a sphere,
A raging torrent of nuclear fusion and fission.
Bombarded with energy
Heat, light, UV and gamma,
Protected by a delicate magnetic field
And thin band of oxygenated atmosphere.
Based on the water gleaned
From crashing comets,
From organic molecules
Incredibly created spontaneously
Through that bombardment of energy.
Evolving through billions of years
To reach this amazing point in time
When we are able to appreciate
The wonder of our own astounding existence.
Today is a day to consider our place in the vast Milky Way
The fact that we can stand here
And question the universe,
To be alive and able to think, feel and experience,
For every day is really Earth Day.
Opher – 22.4.2020
I really is!
Yes yes yes!!!
🙂
Indeed, every day and wish we had the sense as a country to elect those who would prioritise this.
Maybe, after this is all over, we will???