From Above the Blue Sphere

The scientists enabled a dream
By allowing humans to ascend
Without wings, instead using fire
Below the globe seems so serene
We've created a message to send
Informing the galaxy of our desire
We will enter space, pursue exploration
By expanding our reach, finding hope
We avoid our intellectual stagnation
By contacting other species, we'll grow
Until such time, we must choose to fly
And by doing so we choose to be more
We know that the earth will die
Survival of our species burns in us
We are earth's desperate spawn
In our core a desire to reach the sky
To someday reach distant shores
We must leave this world
As it turns, we seek, we flee
Our planet goes on
Even should we arrive
Upon an alien surface
With no familiar sun
With no home planet
No golden dawn