[ WP ] : Write an ode to the greatness of the insignificance of a life in the grand scheme of the universe .

O, life! What mercy is thy light 
 
 Which sparks so brief and faint in sight 
 
 Against the dark, vast mystery 
 
 Of gods and fate and history 
 
 For, though we yearn and though we plea 
 
 And pray to touch eternity 
 
 Tis better that we greet our fate 
 
 Than wait to live and live to wait 
 
 Without frontiers, we fast grow weak 
 
 Without unknowns, we do not seek 
 
 Without a risk, we are not brave 
 
 Without a death, our love we stave 
 
 So treasure every moment found 
 
 On this, our only hallowed ground 
 
 And never live too scared to see, 
 
 What makes a gem is rarity 

