"Planet Earth," a poem by Michael Jackson

A capricious anomaly in the sea of space/ Planet Earth, are you just/ Floating by, a cloud of dust/ A minor globe, about to bust/ A piece of metal bound to rust/ A speck of matter in a mindless void/ A lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

Cold as a rock without a hue/ Held together with a bit of glue/ Something tells me this isn't true/ You are my sweetheart, soft and blue/ Do you care, have you a part/ In the deepest emotions of my own heart/ Tender with breezes, caressing and whole/ Alive with music, haunting my soul.

In my veins I've felt the mystery/ Of corridors of time, books of history/ Life songs of ages throbbing in my blood/ Have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood/ Your misty clouds, your electric storm

Were turbulent tempests in my own form/ I've licked the salt, the bitter, the sweet/ Of every encounter, of passion, of heat/ Your riotous color, your fragrance, your taste/ Have thrilled my senses beyond all haste

In your beauty I've known the how/ Of timeless bliss, this moment of now.

Planet Earth, are you just/ Floating by, a cloud of dust/ A minor globe, about to bust/ A piece of metal bound to rust/ A speck of matter in a mindless void/ A lonely spaceship, a large asteroid

Cold as a rock without a hue/ Held together with a bit of glue/ Something tells me this isn't true/ You are my sweetheart, soft and blue/ Do you care, have you a part/ In the deepest emotions of my own heart/ Tender with breezes, caressing and whole/ Alive with music, haunting my soul.

Planet Earth, gentle and blue/ With all my heart, I love you.

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i'm not a huge fan of Michael Jackson, rather the opposite in fact. but this time, i think he got it right...