This Place

This place, this place we visit for a time The beauty we share and marvels witnessed here Are there other places like this somewhere? Or are we alone and uniquely fortunate in our own place Can this universe be so vast there are many like us? Hidden beyond those stars which glimmer in our heavens But how could anything be beyond this, this life we’ve known Where else could one venture to find wonders such as these? Given to us by what life is itself, our own without bonds To guide our own destiny and be what we are to be We wander through here touching and being touched Hopefully to leave to the other side of here In the peace that only a smile can give And good memories to those we leave behind.