Starscape

Her frozen breath
Ignited by the distant sun
Omnipotent frozen embers
Suspended like the stars above
The cold steel beneath her feet
It triggers a haunting memory
The look in her child's eyes
When she said her final goodbye

When given the chance
To evolve or advance
We retreat to the past
Praying for ghosts to guide our hand
Our lives far too short
Our minds far too cold
Our past buried in stone
Our world absent of hope

Outlast the danger
To be rewarded by wonder
Collide and assemble
Bound by beauty and cruelty
Destined to lose
So much we won't see

Until the day we are planet bound
In search of solid ground
We cope with shattered memories
Enduring simulated gravity

When given the chance
To evolve or advance
We retreat to the past
Praying for ghosts to guide our hand
Our lives far too short
Our minds far too cold
Our past buried in stone
Our world absent of hope

Outlast the danger
To be rewarded by wonder
Collide and assemble
Bound by beauty and cruelty
Destined to lose
So much we won't see