When Yonder Came

Greetings friends and welcome, but we’re curious to know

We need to understand if you’re a friend or you’re a foe

But first let us extend to you our hospitality

Does anyone among you need a private place to pee

You’ve likely come from far away, the universe is vast

The bathroom’s over there if you don’t think you’re gonna last

If friendly we will show you first, the children that we spawn

They represent the future that our world’s depending on

We’d like to also show you all the progress that we’ve made

We’ll even show our missteps and the price we often paid

No matter our advancements, it’s our pleasure to discuss

Though clearly yours are adequate, you came to visit us

Now if we sense deception, if you have another plan

We’re all that we can be when we protect our fellow man

But if you came in peace and want a specimen to probe

There’s a North Korean leader on the back side of our globe

Yet if you came to battle and you’d rather not be friends

We hope that you enjoyed your trip since this is where it ends

We pray you didn’t travel here with criminal intent

If that’s the case please tell us where you want your bodies sent

We humans go to war a lot, that’s sadly what we do

But all the earth would bond together just to battle you

So friend or foe, we need to know, before we can proceed

If you’re peaceful, we’re the only friend your race will ever need