TRAJECTORY

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TRAJECTORY

First people had to learn how to do things

Build a fire, chop down a tree, form a hunting party

Then they had to learn how to make things

Dwellings, weapons, clothing, towns

Next we had to learn how to learn

Writing, mathematics, laws, customs

Now we have to learn how not to do things

Not overpopulate the land

Not pollute the water

Not ruin the air

Not add poison to the food

Also we must learn how to get along

Even if we strenuously disagree

So that everyone gets a chance to contribute their ideas

Last, but not least, we must figure out what we are

Why we are here

And when we look up at a starry night

What that feeling of awe, wonder and yearning means

Why, when a distant star winks at us,

We wink back

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