I sing not of the lavish or mighty or grand.

Nor do I sing of religion or a promised land.

I sing not of what science cannot yet explain;

My song is of things rather more plain.

Think, if you will, of the size of the Earth,

The size of a galaxy, or the universe.

Some might begin to feel weak and whiny;

Compared to the cosmos, we are smaller than tiny.

But I urge you to think upon this and not fear

For you EXIST, you are NOW, you are REAL, you are HERE!

How unlikely it is, even for something so small

To exist in the cosmos, to be here at all.

We live out our lives, day upon day

Whether we spend it at work or at play-

And I don't know if we're here for a reason or not,

But I know we are here, and that means a lot.

How strange it is that we strive, despite the universe's distance;

How peculiar, how singular,how awesome our existence.