580. Transcendence

Look to the stars, Earth Children!

Look to the stars!

The moon is beckoning.

The universe is calling.

Do not feel confined ‘tween Venus and Mars.

Wander, live, and take wing!

Out there, in the vast expanse,…

Out,…beyond Earth,

Are adventures untold,…

Endless worlds undiscovered.

For what is life and humanity worth,

When left unaccomplished?

Unpolished by experience,

And tarnished by pride.

Stunted by triviality,

While subdued by technicality;

And our home, on the Earth,

Where we try and hide,

From our future potentiality.

Look to the stars, Earth Children!

Look to the stars!

Heaven’s gates are open.

The only question is when?

When will we expand and explore the stars?

And draw, with universe to pen,

The masterpiece entitled:

“The Transcendence of Men”.

K. Aldaya, 4/16/22

Picture: By Joshua Earle on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/cGwfkwHmt98

566. For What’s Yet To Be

The world has become as crazy as my mind,

Now no matter where I turn,

I can not find,…

Relief.

What else can one do in such times, but survive,

And hope for a tomorrow,

Where they’re alive,…

Enough.

‘Til then, I pass the days waiting actively,

In protection of my soul,

And sanity,…

To fight,…

For the world that’s yet to be.

K. Aldaya, 11/22/21

Picture: By Luis Cortes on Unsplash; https://unsplash.com/photos/DRL63jJ0L2Y