Dear Galactic Child

Impress me... Along the path planet Earth once spun Exists an empty orbit around the sun I’ll give you nothing, but stardust To recreate a haven, to pass this test Surprise me... I’ll give you nothing, but primordial soup A desert, a rain forest, to evolve an ape Out from thin air, capture a lightning bolt To power all your future needs on this planet Learn the secrets of the universe... Everything known is powered by solar energy, a clean fuel All the molecules that don't understand this are fossils Your cocoon is launched, your womb safe from harm The mother ship preserves your life like a sacred farm Brightest your tomorrows... I’ll give you only 23 chromosomes to evolve 100’000 genes An infinite number of mutations to birth all manner of geniuses Build me metropolitan cities from caves and burrows Give me a substance, to launch dreams out of this furrow