Dominion

I remember taking Grandpa to the train, (Repost) Marvelling how anything so huge, Bellowing steam and smoke and cinders, Could be controlled by men. Then while flying in the war, I marvelled that insignificant man, Could conquer anything as vast as the sky. Then I watched as Armstrong strolled on Luna, And marvelled that limitless space was not, For it too had been conquered by man. How strange then, for me to realise, That the heart of man, invincible and more, Conquerer of all that stands before it, Can be reduced to less than a gelatinous mass, Unable to stand or even to try, When faced with the love in a little girls' smile.