On Its Way

The most distant object
Easily visible
To the unaided eye,

A dozen times as far
As it is wide, one day
Will collide with this world,

Although this world may not
Be here in the same spot
Or at all, and you won’t

Be, for certain, and we
Won’t be, very likely.
So we ask, what’s the good

In anticipation,
When it anticipates
What for you won’t happen?