Planet Earth

Planet Earth, my home my place, a curious world in the sea of space

Planet Earth, are you just, floating by, a cloud of dust

A minor globe, about to bust, a piece of metal bound to rust

A speck of matter in a mindless void, a lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

Cold as a rock without a hue, held together with a bit of glue

Something tells me this isn’t true, you are my sweetheart soft and blue

Do you care, have you a part, in the deepest emotions of my own heart?

Tender with breezes caressing and full, alive with music, haunting my soul

In my veins I’ve felt the mystery, of corridors of time, books of history

Life songs of ages throbbing in my blood, have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood

Your misty clouds, your electric storm, were turbulent tempests in my own form?

I’ve licked the salt, the bitter, the sweet, of every encounter, of passion of heat

Your riotous color, your fragrance, your taste, have thrilled my senses beyond all haste

In your beauty, I’ve known the how, of timeless bliss, this moment of now

Planet Earth, are you just, floating by, a cloud of dust

A minor globe, about to bust, a piece of metal bound to rust

A speck of matter in a mindless void, a lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

Cold as a rock without a hue, held together with a bit of glue

Something tells me this isn’t true, you are my sweetheart gentle and blue

Do you care, have you a part, in the deepest emotions of my own heart?

Tender with breezes caressing and whole, planet Earth, gentle and blue

With all my heart, I love you.

                                -Roman Smith-