Exploring Space

By: Mary Anne Cooper

Part 1

  I woke up in the night

I thought about the dangerous flight

I looked down at Earth

What a glorious sight

So much danger

But so much sight

Going up to the darkest night

So scary but yet

What a wondrous sight

I sleep whenever

There’s no time in space

We eat dried food

It’s actually good

When we sleep, we never fool

Always careful but never cool

We always say

Have a good day

But we never really know

The time of day

Even when we go and play

We’re almost there 

So close but so far

I can see the planet, which looks like Mars

We get a little closer and see the stars

We finally arrive on the planet Mars

Part 2

Someone’s coming

We gather near

We wonder what

We wonder how

No one knows were here

Intelligent life, they may call us

Or maybe just queer

We call ourselves Elowens

Some may think we’re weird 

And some believe we are queer

Why are they coming

What do they want

Everyone’s wondering

What their searching

Do they want us

Or just to explore

Scared and frightened, are we

Here they come now

They’ve landed now 

They’re coming out

We all get ready

To defend our town

They see us and run

They run around town

They finally stop and ask us questions

Harmful, they aren’t

We welcome them now