I wish I was up there right now. Looking down on earth. It must give you a whole different perspective on the world. You would almost have an omniscient view of the planet. Looking down at all the countries from above. Seeing the lights of all the big cities lighting up the land below. To see the deep blue of the oceans and how they stretch around the world. To look down at the storms sweeping over those oceans. I wonder what the tsunami looked like from up here. You wouldn't even know the severity of it from here. I bet it just looked like a tiny ripple in the water. Like a wave in a puddle. You would have no idea that thousands of people were being killed in an instance. Washed away from existence. You must have a sense of safety up here. Knowing that all the troubles of the world below can not reach you way up here. Safe from wars, dictators, diseases and disasters. I wonder if you start to get an arrogance about yourself. Looking down at billions of people struggling through there daily life must make you feel superior to them. The laws of the earth don't apply to you when you are up there. Or maybe you just get a sense of helplessness knowing that there is nothing you can do for all below you. You are stuck there watching as millions of people die every day. As the world turns bringing a new day and a new night. Life goes on without you. Maybe you begin to feel left out, lost and lonely. Maybe the world has forgotten about you. Cast you away from earth. Stranded in the vast nothingness of space. So distant from us yet still so dependent on us. Will we ever bring you home?
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