cozy-warm beside wood-burning stove
meditating in magical glow
of brightly lit, votive Christmas tree
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
a cosmic speck collided with others
in great, beckoning silence
warmed by a distant sun
in benevolent galactic corner
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
infused liquid in oceanic flask
rich with organizing, chemical bits
steeping for a billion years
'til sparked into the living riddle
'til sparked into the living riddle
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
molecular to microscopic being
metabolizing eager elements
to duplicate an exact other
spawning boundless speciation
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
watery expanse flooded with color
blooming with fantastical forms
crafted by available time
in the hands of insatiable change
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
emboldened fins to wings and feet
seizing arctic to tropic niches
roaming grassy, savannah plains
in quest of exits for northern lands
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
hunting, farming, assembling empires
the old deposed to exploit the new
crossing insistent seas to fertile futures
to reap even more of nature's secrets
here I am, here I am
from where, from where
building cities, skyscrapers, spaceships
upon shifting technological sands
in quest of the moon, next to Mars
beyond and beyond and beyond
here I am, here I am
to where, to where
here I sit mythologizing
cozy-warm beside wood-burning stove
in brightly lit glow of votive Christmas tree
with my insignificant, wondrous existence.
