We Observers
4/17/2003

On any given night
We're out there
Under the starry skies
Always looking up........
We observers

It`s a hazardous pursuit......
Ask Thales of Miletus
Who fell in a well
While studying the stars

The thought that someone
On that distant world
May be looking back........
Is always in your mind

The quiet..........
It can steal your thoughts
And transform your reality
You can almost believe
In an endless universe

The enormous distances.......
Things traveling at near light speed
That don't seem to move at all
It takes patience and control
To wrap your mind around this idea

A sense of discovery
When you view something
For the first time.......
Can this be real

Star gazing
Its not an end
Its a means..........
Its fuel.......
For all our other pursuits

On any given night
We're out there
Under the starry skies
Always looking up........
We observers