This imagined self-importance
The delusion that we have
Privileged position in the Universe
Are challenged by this point of pale light
Our planet is a lonely speck in this
Enveloping cosmic dark
In our obscurity, in all this vastness
There is no sign or clue
That help will come
From elsewhere
To save us from ourselves
Visit? Yes. Settle? Not yet
For the moment the Earth is where
We make our stand...
Astronomy has been claimed
As a humbling and
Character-building, building experience
In our obscurity, in all this vastness
There is no sign or clue
That help will come
From elsewhere
To save us from ourselves
There is perhaps no better demonstration
Of the folly of human conceits
Than this distant image of our tiny world
It emphasizes
It emphasizes our responsibility
To deal more kindly
To deal more kindly with one another
And to preserve and cherish
And to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot
The only home
The only home we've ever known