Created within the universe are these two,

We need it more than it needs us, the sun.

Lifeless, a hot ball of fiery matter far away,

In our lives, we need it everyday to survive.

The Earth, this is where we have been forever,

Our home, at the mercy of all around us.

When the sun sees the Earth, something happens,

Warmth visits when the cold night is through,

At times too hot, this the sun will do.

Its rays from so far away touch the beauty that grows,

Brings life to all living things, the Earth that we know.

Keith Garrett