Ode to the World (15)

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How brilliant a world

Diversity is the key

A bright golden key

To open up the world

So much more to see

Than can ever be perceived 

To be or not to be

A wise bard of olden days

used to say, sing and shout

Just as this seems quite simple

It is not, it is not!

only to be uncovered

more to see than meets the eye

Such as the world

This brilliant stupid world

Crawling back from the shadows

It finds the light, o the bright shining light!

As light gives way to darkness

Brave men and women will fight

For the sake of freedom

And for all that is good

Everything we stand for

Till we emerge

victorious at last!

When a mystery puzzles many

How we try to uncover it!

A missing link, something not quite right

Must be aliens from outer space

No way to silence these folks

There is so much that we don't know

Are aliens real?

Good question

No one knows the answer

Curiousity killed the cat

But it does so much more

It creates progress

Forests, rivers, mesas

lakes, deserts, and so much more

Each with its own little town

Sloths peer lazily at the ground below

Elephants go on constant odysseys

Monkeys steal for fun

A bird sings a note or two

A river rushes past

A person walks by

Barely noticing

How maginificent this world of ours is

every stone, every tree

every animal, and even the blue sky above

What makes the Earth magnificent

is not its people

not its animals or plants

What makes Earth magnificent

is Life

the greatest miracle of all