A matter of perspective
Earth
Seen from space
Changes people.
Everything they've ever known
Reduced to
A fragile home
Shared by every living thing.
And even further away
"The folly of human conceits”
Apparent
On a pale blue dot.
Things like
Space
Time
Illness
And loss
Change our perspective.
They close us down
Or crack us open.
Open,
The absurdity
Of our worries
Becomes clear.
Open,
The list
Of what matters
Shrinks.
Yes, we go back to life.
Yes, we get sucked in again.
Yes, we play the game again.
But
We play it with more wisdom.
We play it with a smile on our lips.
We play it with less anxiety.
Nothing has changed
Except our perspective
Which changes everything.