Should we go boldly into outer-space?
What if beings, like us, we must face?
Can we explain our human race?
Will they forgive us our careless disgrace?

Will they understand why some sleep on streets?
While simple geography dictates which of us eats?

Will they understand our obsession with wealth?
What if, for them, it’s not about self?

What if they look like a pig, or a chicken?
Do we have the words to explain ‘finger likin’?

What if they judge us evil or odd?
What if ‘theirs’ really is the one true God?

What if they’re angry and filled with hate?
What happens to us once we open that gate?

Will they be tribal, xenophobic and clannish?
Will we be the Aztecs, this time, or the Spanish?

What infections will come if they follow us back?
What excuse will we give if they’re ‘Native’ or ‘Black’?

Should we really go boldly into this unknown place?
Do we have the cojones to show our face?
Should we not stay here and clean up this place?
Before we go boldly into outer-space!