To pick from greatest human achievements
One needs to choose between pragmatism
Or of finest ideals that can lead to discovery
Not nuclear energy, global communication
Not the tunnel beneath the English Channel
All are great, but not even of human flight
Not Skyscrapers, Pyramids nor Monuments
The achievement responded to myth and fact
Space flight would pierce the veil of beyond
Seeking life other than our own, and planets
Would allow our human species to endure
Hopefully with greater wisdom and ideals
Than those that caused our need to leave
And a hope for a life with greater dreams
“In all our searching, the only thing we've found
that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.”
Carl Sagan
