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Enter Poem or Quote (Required)Required I've long wondered about that so-called - "Moon landing"!? Everything went smoothly on the morning that we launched and headed off to make our flight through space. And we’d now been receding from the earth for three long years, while traveling at a hard-to-fathom pace. Now at last our destination loomed before our eyes, as we approached the planet, straight ahead. This was what our scientists were hoping to explore, and where the lengthy flight we’d charted led. In the close proximity that astronauts abide, we’d all become acquainted very well, But if the thought of three more years to get us all back home was rife with great appeal…you couldn’t tell. “Familiarity breeds contempt,” is what I’ve often heard, and I am here to say… it’s very true! To live confined the way we were for thirty-six long months was not the coolest thing I’d ever do. Nonetheless, we'd now arrived, and it was time to act. We cut the engines back to slow us down, Then twirled the pods and hit the giant fans to break descent, ‘til we had gently nestled on the ground. Protocol would govern what the crew would need to do, so I would be the first to disembark. And as I peered, expectantly, across the rolling plains (the least intimidating place to park), I was overwhelmed by expectations. This was it. The many months of travel out in space Now would yield its great rewards for sacrifices made. The pride and joy were glowing on my face. This would make it worth it, and the years would seem like months (and even help to ease the long return). The great anticipation that consumed us, one and all, for what, today, we were about to learn, Filled the air with cheers, and made the preparation work a little less routine…and that was nice. And after I had readied for the leap I was to take (a chance I knew I’d never manage twice), We’d double checked, and triple checked, and now the time had come to crack the hatch and step into a world Where I would pose to show the people watching, on TV, an astronaut…beside a flag unfurled… Claiming for his country what had merely been a dot in telescopes for many, many years, While those inside the spaceship…by a satellite connection, would see…back down on earth, the joyous cheers. I scanned the ground until I found a place to plant the flag that looked like it would make the perfect shot, Then…close to weightless…quickly bound my way across the sand, until I’d reached that “perfect little spot.” As I’d twist my insulated boots into the sand - to try to get a slightly better stance - A tiny little flicker in the corner of my eye, that no one else could see, would draw a glance. As I did a double-take, to see what’d made me look, the glance would quickly turn into a stare. Of course I felt an urge to check it out ‘cause, after all, research was the reason we were there. Many men had speculated landscapes…such as this…with atmospheres and climates eons old, Very likely harbored open fields of precious stones, like diamonds - rubies - emeralds….even gold! It was almost killing me to wonder what it was, so I would simply lay the flag aside, And shuffle off to check the thing that fascinated so, to learn precisely what it was I’d spied. Just the edge was showing when I gave the thing a kick. It wiggled just a little…that was good. I would crouch to slowly dig away surrounding sand, while being very careful, like I should. When, at last, the object lay before me…I was stunned! I stared in true amazement at the sight. I would quickly glance around to make sure no one saw the unexpected thing I’d brought to light. I decided, on the spot, to keep it to myself, and did not even take it in my hand. Because I felt it best that no one else would ever know, I buried it completely, with the sand. You…the reader of these words…are now the first to know, that “giant step” we thought we took for man… Wasn’t quite the major feat we've told the world it was. I’d actually found..... an empty Pepsi can! PS: I've now got 4 new Audio-CDs - @ 4 1/2 hours each = (62 diversely varied pieces). They’re listed on EBAY - under - “Mark Stellinga Poetry” - or available by simply contacting me at -- mark@writerofbooks.com -- should those of you who enjoy listening to poems as well as reading them - and particularly those of you that travel - care to be so entertained. (We use safe and simple - PayPal) Cheers, Mark
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