Reach for the Moon (20 July, 1969)

Shall we reach for the moon?

For the planets beyond?

Do we dare break the bonds of

This blue marble sphere?

Or ought we intern

In this staid domicile

Til eternity catches us

Trembling in fear?

 

The thirst for adventure,

To search the unknown,

To reach the unreachable

Next milestone.

Is the yardstick a test of our ability

To stretch beyond reason irrationally?

 

We look to the heavens.

We long for the stars.

We wonder and dream about

Life up on Mars.

 

What once an impossible

Thought to commune

Becomes commonplace

As we reach for the moon.