The Final Frontier

“Space, the final frontier” The last unexplored territory left to the human race As if we have explored every other aspect Of the world beneath our feet

But what of the deepest caverns within the misty mountains Or the darkest waters of the salty sea They remain untouched by our greedy eyes So far at least

But their perfection is as fragile as a butterfly wing One touch of our greasy fingers will strip away The beauty we so revere

In just a few centuries we have changed this world to suit us Fitting a square into a circle with all the delicacy of a bull in a china shop And yet we long to touch the untouched To be the first to spoil every beauty we find With the poison we spew in noxious clouds to stain the sky a sickly gray

Maybe we dream of being first in order to convince ourselves That we are capable of more than the history we’re built from We dream of being a captain of our fate As so we search for a vessel to take us farther than anyone else before Our very own Enterprise to pilot