An Eagle's Space Adventure

I see little humans playing around I fly through the clouds to and fro I fly on the top, to search for prey I pounce on a rabbit on the go Extremely high altitudes, I fly on Everything below looks negligible Today my leap was higher than ever To touch the stars, see if it’s possible My flight can’t feel the pressure today What happened to the gravity? Where am I? Everything looks different, lighter I feel A strong bird I am, but have the urge to cry A round sphere I see, blue and green A little further away, is a small whitish thing On the other side I see, rings around a sphere No other birds, no sound, nor a blink I thought I could touch the stars in the sky Perhaps I went wrong, I can’t see any star Instead the sun is bigger, shining crudely on me I’m lost but I recall, there’s a planet called Mars I fly towards it, to see if life exists I’m gonna do something even humans haven’t yet When I reach the planet, I alone will rule Not that I don’t now, but then I’ll be King And show all the humans, my regime… --- by Apoorva Patrikar for the contest Deep Space Odyssey sponsored by Nathan