Anxiously awaiting the tall monster

sleeps on the pad

lines of life clinging with fuel to help

bright lights to greet the show

I embrace the welcome sight

low bid technology---

actually a fright

An splendid orchestra of stars

await in the ever present stage

of planets, solar systems and beyond

A mighty drive into space

begins the journey of a steel might

the flight of a lifetime

guided by instruments

Manned flight

into oblivion

a marked point in the universe

the end of mankind

Zero gravity they float

like children at play

repeated for an audience

no wires they are carefree

work abounds to repair

fix and replace

pull and connect

so many things to do

Thinking...

The hope of a nation

not long ago

went agasp twice

for lives lost on a falling star

In space they go

for mankind knows no more

we are connected

but a few missions

the community of mankind

beyond our minds

to say again

why not?

where to?

I hope the next

is the moon and Mars

far less visited

a great imagination

once just a dream.

Copyright© 2008 by Myles Saulibio