We're all children of sixty elements created in a furnace coalesced with finesse. Our bodies and all we've ever known was forged of ancient exploded suns. We're made of the same cosmos that make up all flora and fauna. Consider the magnificence of every accident that had to have occurred simply in order for you to exist in this room making sense of these tones. On a biological scale, this is a miracle. And so here we are... cognizant of our actions and understanding in our impacts. And so here we are... with profound responsibility but still slaves to impulse. And so here we are... each a wonder unto ourselves but too lonely to get out of bed. It doesn't have to get better. Nature's chaotic and regarding Earth quite ambivalent. It doesn't have to get better if were apathetic of existence. It doesn't always get better, which should make sense cause sometimes it can't get better than this. It doesn't always get better cause this is as good as it gets.
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