Space

doesn’t care about you. 

It doesn’t care if you know

the number of rings Saturn has,

nor if you know how many planets

are in our solar system. 

You can get into a rocket

and attempt to explore its reaches;

you can haul out your telescope

and try to discern its features – 

space is bigger than you’ll ever be, 

and it’ll never give a hoot about you. 

No, space doesn’t care. 

It’s just…simply…there.

Joshua Seigal