High Flight
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings, Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
Thanks, I was just going to post "High Flight" when I saw yours. It has hung on my wall since I learned to fly to remind me how humbling it is to share the experience with all those who have flown in our history. It boggles the mind to extrapolate the thrill of flying a small plane to what these guys did.
There are SO FEW OF US who have "Touched the Face of God,"--or EVEN KNOW "What That MEANS!!"
I Mourn the "Passing of" EACH of our "Heroes" who Risked Their Lives to GO To The Moon!!
WHATEVER "Adventures" reported by Any of us; There can Be NO Comparison With the "Adventure Of" our "Trip to the Moon!!"
DESPITE Reprehensible "Propaganda," There is NO TRUTH other than the BASIC VERACITY--That Americans Landed On The Moon, Explored a Portion of it, & Returned with a Number of "Samples" of It's Surface.
Citizens who Reject the WELL Documented Information Retrieved--at GREAT Personal Danger--are Rejecting Physical Evidence; The SAD "Denizens of" our Great outGreat