Oumuamua Poem by JJ Evendon

They called me:
'Oumuamua'.
Meaning:
'A messenger from afar arriving first'.

An asteroid
or alien spaceship?
Scientists aren't sure.

Telescopes watch
as I swiftly cross the heavens.
They listen for signals
but there are none.

Every second,
billions of messages
radiate from earth
to travel beyond the horizon.
Some, so powerful,
they may even reach the stars.

An alien picking up these signals
would question the source.
Intelligent?
Yes, but on what level?

I am Oumuamua,
an evolutionary scout
sent to listen and learn.

Intelligence ferments intelligence.
What masters intelligence
is the ability to learn
through listening.
Without this, life bears no fruit.

Now, I see a planet
drowning in wireless noise
unable to hear itself scream.

I fly past..
They may hear my silence
but they do not hear my voice.