The question asked a million times
“Are we alone?”
Out there among the stars
Where so much is unknown
The Goldilocks Zone
Where the conditions are exactly right
Not too warm, not too cold
The perfect distance from sunlight
A ten-billion-dollar telescope
Front row seat to the universe
A view beyond imagination
Countless dreams to reimburse
A billion trillion homes
Beyond our Earth
How many lifeforms can there be?
And how long since their birth
What would they look like?
Humanoid, like us?
Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen?
Oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorus?
Or strangely enough
A lifeform in pure light
If we open our minds to see
The light in life