8 Billion Worlds

Who said there are only 8 planets in the sky?

Walking sidewalks and paths
Walking from beds, retiring to them

Worlds within

Preoccupations and obsessions
Hopes and dreams

They think with their eyes
Moving left, right, left, right

If you watch long enough, you’ll see

Who said there are only 8 planets in the sky?
When there are 8 billion on earth

And we haven’t even discussed our furry friends
and those pesky 100 leggers

Don’t forget the universe above
the universe around
the universe within.

A poem by Pemba Umoja