Excellence and Impermanence

Beneath the clear blue great beyond
A perfect world long ago gave birth
The blue oceans tides rise and fall
The human gathering of life spawned
Archives and history, dreams of worth
And we hear the creator's call
Building towns and great cities
Raising civilizations from nothing
We've created our destiny
Rising from our curse
Of constant impermanence

 

 

Earthrise photograph 1968
by Astronaut William Anders