The
Universe
is abundantly full
of intelligence – but
we do not respect any
that we do not understand
fully – people thinking differently
seem dumb to us – imagine then
non-human life-forms with a
strange kind of appearance
we could never revere
that which did not
meet our criteria
at all...

Margaret Alice

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/non-human-life-forms/