Shooting Star

I gaze up at the sky
And as I watch
A shooting star goes by

I make a wish up on this star
My wish for peace across this land
For war to stop and
For enemies to become friends

Let us forgive and forget
Those things that have passed
Let us all be friends forever.

As I watch the star as it disappears
I look to the sky and I wonder
About what could be out there

Are we alone in the universe?
Or are there others out there
Looking up from their world
And wondering just like me?

If there are others
what do they look like?
Are they like us?
Are they different?

Black, White, Yellow or even Green
Humanoid, Reptilian or invertebrate
technologically advanced or not?

If there are others out there
Will I ever meet them?
Will they ever come to earth?
Will we go to find them?

Or will we never know?