Earth back to Arcturus

Press

When the lava gets old and retires as stone

When the stone gets weary and sighs into dust

When the the wind wears out its strength to blow

And the water loses its will to flow

And our washed up sun’s too tired to shine

Will your memory still hang in the sky

Among all the graveyard stars?

Your slow death lights my way tonight

We all burn our brightest on our red giant path.

I want to scream “sorry” at the universe

Radiate the word

In an ultrasonic wave

That will travel to the end of spacetime

Sorry...

sorry...

Sorry Arcturus, sorry Mars, sorry Horsehead Nebula, sorry quasars

Sorry Centauri system

Sorry we’re made of the same atoms

And this is what I did with them.

You know the galaxy is full of planets

On which no one has ever fallen in love

So there’s no need to feel alone.

You know most matter in the galaxy

Has never been touched

So please don’t feel alone.

But sorry I’m only seeing tonight

The light you sent so long ago.

Written by Nikki Viveca

Read by George Cowell