Look Down

When you look down at yourselves from the stars

What do you see?

Heroes without stories

Stories without heroes?

Or do you watch the nameless

Trudge barefoot to the orchards

Dull eyes lit by lightning

Fueling fires they can’t finish

Fighting wars and ending lives

In what was just another day

Should we write their forgotten stories?

Bring them bread?

Give them a new century

A better planet in a more forgiving galaxy?

Perhaps we can help

Or will you?

Decide soon

The journey’s almost over though the trip is just beginning