curiosity

Home enveloped in air

Underneath the bubble Where the world grew and blossomed

A sea of green speckled with the yellow Of daffodils and dandelions

The bubbles we blew as a child We lived in

The vastness outside We would not partake in

Except for those few Who held the universe inside them

Who looked up at the dark night sky

And pondered stars and meteors

And the guardian up high

Who showed the way

And glowed like a firefly at dusk

Before the city lights drowned them out

They saw Andromeda and Venus

Jupiter and Mars

They saw great galaxies and the beauty of stars

So they sent up satellites and rockets

They sent up Laika and Albert

And Patricia and Mike

Then they landed on the moon 

And took great leaps for mankind

They were the stars amidst the dark universe of people

They chose to shine

But they hid a secret in plain sight

As the people watched on

They told us the reason

Why they could shine

While others could not

They sent up curiosity

Who weighed 2,000 tons People thought they were crazy

People thought it couldn’t be done

But now there is water on mars

And the people Still watch on...