Hitchhiker's Plea

Scientists discovered what might be an ancient sea bed on Mars recently.

I want to hitch a ride to Mars,

Please NASA I can't pay for fuel

but I'll bring my own food. my own water

and I'll find someone to teach me how

to make air.

Please, you can leave me in 

the billion year dead sea.

I'll sift the bottom for ancient hearts

and perhaps find what killed them.

The 7 billion of us won't have 

to feel so alone.

Please, you won't have to bring me back  

I'll find bones and make sand waves 

to the ghosts of aliens

 who perhaps will teach me... Why?

and then,

I won't need home anymore.

What is left of me will finally know.

I'll stay 'til the moon stops crying.

Reviews

[mandy]

WHIMSICAL, BUT WITH MEANING! looking to the future to search for the secrets of the past! loved it. and the moon stopped crying....good finish.

[spiritwind]

What a treat for people who love unique poetry and poetry that has something to say! This is vibrant with feeling and a bittersweet wryness.

[Mark]

Thank you I'm happy you like.

[Pryde Foltz]

and then,
I won't need home anymore.
What is left of me will finally know.
I'll stay 'til the moon stops crying.

I think even to Mars your emotions will follow. A really smart and interesting write, Mark. Wouldn't it be amazing to learn of alien life.

[Mark]

Thank you Pryde. Yes, I think that day may not be all that far off. :)

[s y e]

Oh I found this piece so interesting, it was just 5 minutes I was reading about them finding that The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs may have catapulted life to Mars and the moons of Jupiter, US researchers say - interesting right?

Loved this piece Mark - really well done.

[Mark]

so the asteroid bounced of Earth and hit Mars? Wow. Thank you dear. ;)

[s y e]

Interesting, right? Welcome! ;)

[Ruth]

Beautiful...so many things there we are NOT told also...I do wonder...a re-connection and also tears of realisation...stunning Mark xx

[Mark]

Thank you dear one ;)

[Leslie Philibert]

Like this, a poem that cleverly presents a critique of us all, with a bit of irony and SF mixed, very good.

[Mark]

Thank you so much Leslie.

[Stanley Wilson]

Great last line. loads going on here depending where you are sitting. great work!!

[Mark]

Thanks for reading Stanley ! :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A very sad poem in many ways Mark as you wonder and yearn desperately to find life after death on an alien world. A very thought provoking write.

[Mark]

Thanks John. Always been a fan of getting off the Earth LOL

[MichaelsLyric.com]

This is quite the romanticized view of Mars. Although, this piece has the feel of loneliness. Nice write. Thank you for your creativity.

[Mark]

Thank you for taking the time to read! :)