Why did we come to the red planet
The red sandstone caves
Where water once flowed down Martian well
And Civilization once braved
Why did we come back here?
To discover the bones
Of the long dead ancestors of Earth
Can it be true that the red once was blue
Can it be that Mars gave us birth?
What was it like, old father old mother?
To be the first life forms in the system
To grow and devour
Then feel the sun's power
When all your dreams went down the cistern
What did you see Martian sister and brother?
Martian cousin and Martian uncle and aunt
Did you remember to love her or did you discover
Love was a seed you couldn't possibly plant?
I wish your trees and streams hadn't died
I wish your rivers and oceans hadn't dried
It must have been good for a time that life
But life can quickly change hue
When the green comes out of the blue
Red, is the colour of war
Was there famine and pestilence that you abhor
Did the horsemen come riding to the count of four
And did Apocalypse beg the question
Or had the Red death never a mention
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