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Formed in the wake of its star, the sun.
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A cloud of agglutinated dust particles,
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Similar to so many similar clusters in the universe.
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Yet this was where the miracle of life occurred.
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Today, life- our life-
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Is just a link in a chain of innumerable living beings...
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That have succeeded one another on earth over nearly four billion years.
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And even today,
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new volcanoes continue to sculpt our landscapes.
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They offer a glimpse of what our earth was like at its birth.
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Molten rock surging from the depths,
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Solidifying, cracking,