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vr_trakowskiThese starry steps are steep, though bright;
Such fragile ladders shaped from dreams
To prop against the heavens’ night,
Ascending in these pale beams.
But science weaves a firming net
And says To this place we will go.
And gathering up all we know -
One step, one leap, the furthest yet.
Footprints left by souls, a pair -
One single soul watched from above.
It was an Eagle brought them there;
The message left was of the dove.
O sister Moon, you guard the gate
That opens to infinity.
We passed your silver boundary
To move the rudder of our fate.
Remind us, when Earth’s left behind -
We come in peace for all mankind.
(55th anniversary of the first Moon landing)
Such fragile ladders shaped from dreams
To prop against the heavens’ night,
Ascending in these pale beams.
But science weaves a firming net
And says To this place we will go.
And gathering up all we know -
One step, one leap, the furthest yet.
Footprints left by souls, a pair -
One single soul watched from above.
It was an Eagle brought them there;
The message left was of the dove.
O sister Moon, you guard the gate
That opens to infinity.
We passed your silver boundary
To move the rudder of our fate.
Remind us, when Earth’s left behind -
We come in peace for all mankind.
(55th anniversary of the first Moon landing)