Discovery Poem by Denis Martindale

When Man thought he was all alone, no aliens at all...
He only had the Earth's unknown to beckon and to call...
Yet then the Moon cried out above... I'm not that far away...
And so the Earth seemed not enough... that Man should choose to stay...
That's when Man's science played its part... this journey to partake...
And spacewalks spoke to every heart... this journey we can make...
And so, by faith, the Moonwalks came... Man made these come to pass...
Then Man looked up, for more to claim... and then beheld the stars...
While generations came and went... Man's science carried on...
And welcomed aliens that were sent... as if all fear had gone...
Alliances were formed in time... yet enemies grew, too...
Man's journey, though once thought sublime, proved there was much to do...
The battle zones were all around... fatalities were great...
Both in the air and on the ground... the Cosmos filled with hate...
Yet each new starship helps Man cope... wherever Man must go...
As long as Captains lead with hope... commanding, 'Make it so! '


Denis Martindale, October 2018.

While this is about the Star Trek TV Series,
Discovery, it ends with the famous words of
Captain Jean-Luc Picard saying, Make It So!