Looking Home

Have you ever wondered

What an alien might see

As he cruised the Solar System

And looked back at you and me?

Well now we’ve got a picture

Under Saturn’s dusty rings

And if a photo made a sound

This is the kind that sings

The rings are so majestic

As they’re lit up from behind

Cause the Sun’s blocked by the planet

But what really blows my mind

Is the little speck beneath them

Like a hole poked by a pin

That’s the Earth and moon and everyone

Who’s ever, ever been

And all our books and history

Emotions so distraught

All life and love and everything

Is wrapped up in that spot

But if you’re feeling tiny

In a cosmos that’s so vast

Remember we’ve a special skill

Unique and unsurpassed

We’re the only beings capable

Of building probes to roam

The icy depths of outer space

Then turn and look back home

Taken by the Cassini spacecraft, July 19, 2013