Against all Odds, You’re Here

Can any moment be as important as this one?
The odds against you ever reading these words
were staggering

Over the last 6 million years your family tree has somehow kept leafing
Across lion-ed savannas and village graves
Through battlegrounds and hospitals
And around literally too many accidents and calamities to count

There is almost no-way your relative’s relatives could have followed
The one path out of trillions to lead you from the elements of an exploding star
To right here, right now
Reading these words.

You are a living, breathing impossibility.

Splinter this moment into a thousand carats, breathe deep, and look up
Because see that?
The next moment has arrived.
And can any moment be as important as it is?