Who are we?
the ultimate conundrum
comprised of 90 percent star dust
hydrogen atoms born in the big bang
nearly fourteen billion years ago
hydrogen carbon nitrogen oxygen iron sulfur
dust from dying exploding stars
a complex biological machine
topped by an unfathomable mind
yet utterly unimportant
with a life span of 0.000000005
of the age of the universe
and still
we think we are uniquely important
masters of our domain
know-it-all’s with imagination
when in fact
all we are
is an iota of dust