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Are We Alone?

Hellooooooooooo…………………….

Hello….?

Are you out there?

Can you see us,

here on our little blue orb,

tiny speck in an immense cosmos?

We are sure you have been here before

the annals of faith record our allegiance

if not agreeing on your person

So many peoples,

over so diverse an area,

for seemingly all our history

have chronicled the stories of the gods.

We have awaited your return

in various forms

for so, so long,

We have built temples and pyramids to your glory,

left signs and symbols only you would understand

on such a scale as to be useless for any purpose of our own.

Did you come long ago

with a promise of return

our fear and adoration in tow?

Why have you not come back to us?

Are we so ultimately unworthy as to merit your interest

or have the mighty gods fallen, unable to return?

Are we alone?

© George Arnold                                                 May 11^th, 2012.