Alone

poem by: John Prophet
Written on Sep 23, 2020

Intelligent 
life.
Alone?
Other worlds?
Universe!
Ninety one
billion 
light years 
across.
Universe!
Two trillion
galaxies.
Hundreds
of billion
stars per
galaxy.
Galaxies
billions 
of light 
years 
distant.
Light taking
longer to
arrive than
earthâ€™s existence.
How 
could it
be known?
How 
could it
possibly be
known?
Known if
civilizations exist 
billions 
of light years
distant.
Somewhere 
in two trillion
galaxies.
How could
it be
known?
Are we
alone?
Fools
question.
Move on.

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Frank Hornby . commented on Sep 24, 2020 at 3:13pm

How can we possibly be alone?......compared to some other intelligent civilisations out there....we have the intelligence of a worm.......Yeah, move on...

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