kathywithak
11/20/04, 07:48 PM
Well I wrote this awhile ago, planning to expand/work on it, but I never got around to it. So if you feel like it, read it, and please tell me whether you think it's worth working on...it's a bit long, so feel free to go to some other post.
This odyssey got old
Before the story began its tale,
You've heard it before, I'm sure.
The classic tale of the rocket
That amazed Mrs. Benson's 2nd grade class
When they watched down at Cape Canaveral.
With wide child eyes and a teacher's knowing grin,
They gazed as its size rapidly diminished.
There was wonder, hope, and radiance
When they saw it begin its flight
And they knew in the deepest of hearts
It would come back, safe and successful.
And its progress was tracked by Channel 8 News,
Who's star reporter made the remarks,
"This is no doubt the fastest spaceship
We've seen in awhile.
The crew may be inexperienced,
But we know they'll make it home."
5 months, 3 days later,
All was fine.
There had been some minor errors,
But the dedicated crew helped it stay afloat.
But come day 4, a subtle change occured.
The co-captain started wondering if this mission would do any good.
She missed home and knew she'd never
Feel the same way about their secret task.
Silent she remainded, for if her captain knew,
He would be crushed,
And their mission would be devestated.
But in the end, it all did no good,
For when they were 2 weeks away
From their remote destination,
The ship ran out of fuel.
However unexpected,
The crash was deadly,
Over the course of the next several days.
Mrs. Benson's class had graduated,
But in their scattered third grade classrooms,
They were in a state of shock.
The last thing they'd expected,
The rocket in which they'd placed so much hope
Had failed.
Debris kept on falling,
several bodies were found,
and Channel 8's prodigy news anchor
Spoke from the sites of the crash,
Tears in her eyes,
Remembering last April
When she'd expressed her certainty
In the opposite fate.
But the FBI was perplexed:
The control room of that rocket
Could not be found,
Nor the slender body
Of the doubting co-captain.
It was not till the one month anniversary
Of the spaceship's detriment
That the last compartment and crew member
Came falling to earth.
When they looked inside,
They found her:
Peaceful and unharmed,
Lifeless, but intact.
This odyssey got old
Before the story began its tale,
You've heard it before, I'm sure.
The classic tale of the rocket
That amazed Mrs. Benson's 2nd grade class
When they watched down at Cape Canaveral.
With wide child eyes and a teacher's knowing grin,
They gazed as its size rapidly diminished.
There was wonder, hope, and radiance
When they saw it begin its flight
And they knew in the deepest of hearts
It would come back, safe and successful.
And its progress was tracked by Channel 8 News,
Who's star reporter made the remarks,
"This is no doubt the fastest spaceship
We've seen in awhile.
The crew may be inexperienced,
But we know they'll make it home."
5 months, 3 days later,
All was fine.
There had been some minor errors,
But the dedicated crew helped it stay afloat.
But come day 4, a subtle change occured.
The co-captain started wondering if this mission would do any good.
She missed home and knew she'd never
Feel the same way about their secret task.
Silent she remainded, for if her captain knew,
He would be crushed,
And their mission would be devestated.
But in the end, it all did no good,
For when they were 2 weeks away
From their remote destination,
The ship ran out of fuel.
However unexpected,
The crash was deadly,
Over the course of the next several days.
Mrs. Benson's class had graduated,
But in their scattered third grade classrooms,
They were in a state of shock.
The last thing they'd expected,
The rocket in which they'd placed so much hope
Had failed.
Debris kept on falling,
several bodies were found,
and Channel 8's prodigy news anchor
Spoke from the sites of the crash,
Tears in her eyes,
Remembering last April
When she'd expressed her certainty
In the opposite fate.
But the FBI was perplexed:
The control room of that rocket
Could not be found,
Nor the slender body
Of the doubting co-captain.
It was not till the one month anniversary
Of the spaceship's detriment
That the last compartment and crew member
Came falling to earth.
When they looked inside,
They found her:
Peaceful and unharmed,
Lifeless, but intact.