Earthlings

In the quiet dawn of an Earthling  
  when shadows bled with light  
we emerged as storm and calm  
  from oceanic depths  
  to Zepher heights  
 
Carving our desires    
  into mountainsides, we climb  
with slippery feet and bloody hands  
wishing to grasp eternity  
  in a single grain of sand  
 
We are canyon echoes  
  rivers tracing invisible lines  
  across our face  
heartbeats of a thousand stories  
  written in linear time  
  under Universal grace  
 
Our depths hold savage  
and serene, ancient rhythms  
  joy and sorrow entwined  
dancing between creation and destruction  
  every step upon a razor's edge  
 
Yet we are hopeful architects  
  molding castles from dust  
wrestling with our shadows  
  amid a labyrinth of existence  
 
There is strength born  
from our fragility, perfect imperfections  
  multifaceted shards of contradictions  
each fragment a testament  
  to the complexity of our Being  
 
We are every question asked  
  and each answer received  
while searching for our place  
  amid an expanding Life itself  
 
We have risen and fallen  
  upon uncharted seas  
forever seeking  
always believing  
  in the infinite expanse of our dreams