Constellations of Meaning

Science doesn't really answer
any of the important questions
we are fortunate enough
to be able to ask
like, why are we here
and what should we do

The story of our descent
from bugs and apes
doesn't explain
the pyramids or the Mona Lisa

But we can't all be
Mozart, Shakespeare, or the Dalai Lama
so I guess we each must find
our place in the dance

projecting our divine fantasies
onto distant galaxies
and arbitrary stars