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Rocket Man

Lost in time and lost in space Separated from the human race It gets so hard to breath up here Orbiting through this atmosphere I did not truly understand What all was involved with Rocket Man The World below is just a globe Staring time away out this lone port hole I miss my family I miss my friends The normality in which I once lived But space and science called out my name Now here I am as Rocket Man I wonder do they remember me Am I the falling star that used to be Moving out beyond in bounds and leaps No more now than a distant memory This new frontier, this no man's land Never to come down again This certainty wasn't in my plan This lonely orbit as Rocket Man

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 2/4/2017 6:06:00 PM
I think Id go bonkers up there and NASA would have to let me come home! Enjoyed this creative imaginative space write Mike! :)
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Date: 2/4/2017 10:10:00 AM
...and I think it's gonna be a long long time, 'til touchdown brings round again to find, I'm not the man they think I am at home, Oh no, Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone." Cool write, Mike. I love that song:)
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Daniel Turner
Date: 2/4/2017 10:58:00 AM
Bernie Taupin is a genius and Elton John is iconic!
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Mike Hauser
Date: 2/4/2017 10:43:00 AM
Elton John is my all time favorite artist. I'd be lying if I didn't say that tune wasn't an influence! In fact I think the greater influence was his lyricist Bernie Taupin in my writings. He taught me how to step outside of yourself in poetry
Date: 2/4/2017 10:02:00 AM
Mike, you definitely capture the mystery of what living in outer space must feel like. I enjoyed reading this!
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Mike Hauser
Date: 2/4/2017 10:44:00 AM
Thank you so much!

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