The starry night sky
Holding mysteries beyond human understanding.
From interstellar space
A luminescent orb flies by
The shining, otherworldly comet flies through space
Past Artemis’s watchful gaze
Looking for a new home
Searching for a better place
Piloted by a creature from a world not like ours
Unkempt, and weary from travel.
Breaking the Earth’s atmosphere
Is a flying saucer from Mars.
In a fiery plume of dirt
the extraterrestrial crashes his vessel
He looks around to see
The endless New Mexican desert
He runs toward something bright
On the desolate horizon
He sees a house-what luck!
And looks through a window with candle light.
Inside he sees a man, sleeping in a chair
The alien knocks on the window
The man looks around with alarm
And what the man saw through the window made him stare
He opens the door to meet the alien face to face
“We don’t get many visitors around this place”
The alien tells him “I need your assistance”
The man replies-
“Ok, but how’d you get out this distance?”
The alien thinks for a moment then begins his tale of woe
“I’m not from around here, just so you know.”
I came from a planet where people looked to exploit eachother
They hoarded valuable resources, and the land they did smother.
They reaped the soil of its precious metals and used them to build machines of war
I arrived here on a ship made of the last of our iron ore.
Then they cut down our trees and stripped bare the land
And they burned the wood to power their factories
And oh the factories
Giant, gaunt stone faced buildings that belched horrible black smoke into the air
The air was poisoned by the factories’ vile fumes.
I had a loving family on my planet, but now they’re gone.
Just like any hopes my race had of living on.
Tears rolled down the alien’s face.
“I am the last one.”
The man thought about it.
He realized that since the alien had nowhere to go, living on Earth was his only hope.
“Well, let me tell you about a place called Earth”
On earth you can breath freely.
You can laugh and sing and dance or do just about whatever floats your boat.
You can run and jump and move about freely, with out being oppressed by greedy dictators
You can express yourself in whatever way you feel.
On Earth there are abundant resources, enough for all to enjoy.
There are rivers lakes and oceans full of clean water.
There is enough metal to build a tower to the moon.
There is enough fresh air for us to all enjoy.
The alien held up his hand for the man to stop
If you don’t mind me saying this, this place sounds a little over the top.
I literally came to get to Earth from outer space
How do you get to this wondrous place?
The man’s eyes glimmered.
You can get to Earth by train
You can get to Earth by plane
You can get to Earth by automobile
You can get to Earth by boat
You could even take a submarine!
You are speaking in riddles that I don’t understand
I merely wish to know
Where is Earth?
The man beamed.
I thought you’d never ask.
Earth is all around us.
We are on Earth right now.
The man inhaled.
Feel the fresh air filling your lungs.
See the open freeness of it all!
This.
Is.
Earth.
The alien looked out across the barren New Mexican desert. A dry, flat, wilderness seemingly devoid of any other life.
A smile spread across the alien’s face.
I never knew such a beautiful place existed.
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