Earth Anthem

Witness the fervor of our enduring trust in the Cosmic Order. Planets, fire and sleep riddle our fates. They are Gaia's actual music scored for human love or mortal hate. By natural choice we are enthused. Once in orbit we must join the older sky-wanderers returning along bent paths to their rings of sleep. We must unwind a double life of time on earth and time in space. Our destiny determines this sense of flight through vast silences of night. Whether we stand rooted to earth, looking up, or looking back, from a careening space ship: Let us praise our sun-ripened skin, our moon-meshed nerves. Let us enter the dark cathedral of this holy earth. Let us join the spinning hymn of this sacred globe. Let us raise our jeweled hopes for this new age.