Atlantis

In the moments before

I stood in the dark

awakened from disturbed sleep

in the back of a car on Cocoa beach

like a child in anticipation of great wonder

but wondering what to expect

from that distant little white speck 

three miles across the water

on the threshold of a hazardous undertaking.

I listened to final radio assurances of impending departure

they filled me with trepidation

Their last words perhaps?

And then with countdown complete

the earth opened up

the sky fell in

an atomic detonation it seemed

engulfed me in resplendent light

and tumultuous cannonade

the ground trembled beneath my feet

and thundering high

brilliant white

atop a monument of incandescent orange.

seven brave souls roared, ablaze into the heavens

A glorious man made sunrise penetrating infinite icy blackness.

The seven inside this pressurised bullet

riding a thousand explosions

with a force to lift skyscrapers

filled me with awe.

And overwhelmed by this magnificent spectacle

my spirit longed to ride with them.

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