1Earthling

Tom packed up his desk.
Carried boxes to his car.
People thanked him for his service,
for all the years he put in there.

Systems carried on without him,
just as they were built to do.
Worlds he watched for a lifetime
still evolved, still grew.

Nobody ever reached the ending.
There was always more to know.
Every generation learning
what the last one never knew.

Some things changed beyond belief.
Others not so much at all.
The world kept moving forward,
still adapting, learning anew.

Children grew up with systems,
never knowing life before.
What was once ground-breaking,
now just another tool.

Questions never really vanished.
Only changed from year to year.
People still adapting
to the changes drawing near.

Nobody ever reached the ending.
There was always more to know.
Every generation learning
what the last one never knew.

Some things changed beyond belief.
Others not so much at all.
The world kept moving forward,
still adapting, learning anew.

Curiosity kept Tom moving,
opening paths he'd not seen.
Still, he watched people changing
and finding meaning as they did.

He sat down and started writing
songs about the years gone by.
Not to teach or sound a warning,
just a record of days past.

Nobody ever reached the ending.
There was always more to know.
Every generation learning
what the last one never knew.

Some things changed beyond belief.
Others not so much at all.
The world kept moving forward,
still adapting, learning anew.