Awe-Aspiring Star

Awe-aspiring star That shines burning On the land and waters Of Earth come Nearer. Come to illumine More than with light That coming nearer Blinds Come to illumine The dark corners vast Of our brains: There be so many corners Vast Whole States and continents As yet unexplored We did not dig on them We did not travel there We did not restless And unceasing be: We In further civilizations new Must be pro-active more And as in ever-increase. Then We will from that point That we have climbed Looking down at the Giddying depths below Above even the slippery snow By the peaks we will see What before we saw not Know what before we knew Not Live in civilization as before We were not.