They’re selling up moon plots
Each one by the acre
Bought one for my sweetheart
But still couldn’t take her
You see they neglected
To mention the trip
Is pretty far out
If you don’t have a ship…
So I guess we’ll just have
To rest here content
And view from afar
Our real estate spent
But one of these days
When I save up the money
I’m goin’ up there
And I’m takin my honey
It may take some time
The way NASA is goin’
‘Cos Man’s exploration
Is definitely slowin’
But in a few years
In millennia to come
Just take a moonwalk
Down to Mare Imbrium
And twenty degrees north
Thirty-two to the west
You may stumble upon
A place of interest
With a breath-taking view
Of the Earth slowly waning
Above the great Euler
Not far from Carpathian
Which Mankind has moulded
His air now to breathe
A moonscape to marvel
As lightly you weave
Through terraformed terraces
Paddy fields by earthlight
Moon-mud clinging to toes
As your senses delight
To the soft solar breeze
Melting through the moon-trees
While Selenite sticklebacks
Swim round your knees
And above you Infinity
Beyond all the stars
Seeking out feeble eyes
Whispers “How small you are…”
Yet never a sound
From the land all around
As a far-away shimmer
Roots your feet to the ground
A remnant lies distant
Shining there far below
A spectre of space-time
Of the Earth long ago
In the midst of the plain
A single rock stands
A native of Luna
But chiselled by Man
Inscription long faded
And weathered with time
But there at the bottom
Is clearly one line
A solitary phrase
There remains from all others
And simply it says:
“HERE LIE TWO MOONSTRUCK LOVERS”
here lie two moonstruck lovers, good poem, thanks. I invite you to read my poems and comment.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Enjoyed reading your poem Kevin - amusing, but portrays a sad scenario of our dear mother earth.