It came upon a stone age night
To listen, learn, and understand
This mission it must do right
An age of bronze saw its curiosity fanned
With the dawn of writing and empires
Whose dreams grew both horrid and grand
Then the visions of iron and fires
Of joys and tears
The innocence soon expires
Industrialization then calmed and created fears
New wonders are born while old wonders die
Its hope rose during these years
So now at last they reach the starry sky
Reaching far beyond their world of birth
This means it must bid them good bye
To return to the people of Earth
Copyright © 2003 by Thomas R.