Just Right

Out here between the blue and the red
One planet full of water
The other dead

We aim to step foot on you
Set up a colony on you
So that we might survive

So that our collective consciousness
Might have a second life
To evolve past our human strife

Our data backed up safely
Off one rock we place thee
So that you might one day tell our story

The desert planet full of dunes
In the future will be terraformed
Our only chance to not be ruined

From overpopulation
From global warming
From nuclear annihilation

This miracle of life we have been given
So that we might travel space
As if re-mapping the Earth’s face

Red planet, we aim to step foot on you
Make a new home on you
So that we can continue on

You will be our springboard
Preparing for the goldilocks zones
Not too hot, not too cold, but just right

We prepare for our eternal flight