Growing, years of reforming Reshaping the ways Capable of responding to change Flowing in between spaces In which only few dare to venture And fewer return Slowly morphing Into something more To live they must learn to adapt Entering stasis, replacing water with glass Showing traces of traits Remaining in places Inhospitable and dangerous Slowly morphing Into something more Swirling whirlpool of genes Primordial stewing Developing skills to survive the extreme Stowing deep and away Freezing or searing Or ejected into the vacuum of space Slowly morphing Into something more To live they must learn to adapt Entering stasis, replacing water with glass They will adapt Thrown Into the open Shores From where is born Hope For long surviving hosts Swirling whirlpool of means To ends out of reach Developing will to overcome the extreme The will to overcome the extreme