All these billions of people
Who lived and died
Since there was a beginning
For living and dying
They are still with us
On this tiny planet
A luminous speck of dust
In a cold, endless cosmic pit
Nobody left the planet
They only moved
In other shapes
In other forms
Shakespeare
And Napoleon
And Einstein
And my grandfather
Are all now
A tree
A leaf
A sandy strip on the beach
A gust of wind
The tail of a cloud
A couple of hairs on your head
Nobody ever left the planet
Or vanished
Into the cold, endless cosmic pit
They are all with us
Sailing together
The quiet waves of time
