Beached upon the distant third stone <br />Nestled slight half a parsec <br />Around the nuclear infernos <br />Of an irascible blooded star <br />Revolving down Orion's arm. <br /> <br />I've spent a quarter of a century <br />Negotiating, unknown territory <br />Without an astrolabe or Quadrant <br />To arrive at one end in fright <br />And the other, in strangers delight <br /> <br />Both Mystified and enlightened <br />That in the backwaters of this galaxy <br />Among a billion inanimate entities <br />There exists within a moment <br />Of infinitesimal minute seconds <br /> <br />A creature cable of breathing <br />And having multiple senses <br />With the faculties of language <br />That utters that singular miracle <br />Of universal wander - I am Alive<br /><br />Kevin Patrick<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-universal/
