You’re a quarter million miles away
A blue and white swirling globe
A beacon lighting the blackness of space
The Earth is a sight to behold.
Awaiting my Soyuz taxi
I’m being picked up very soon
I’ve studied the landscape in my LRV
Of the dark side of the moon.
I spot a small bright speck in the heavens
That will guarantee my egress.
Excitement quickens my breathing
It is the Soyuz come from the ISS.
When they land I have some astounding news
A discovery beyond belief
For days I’ve kept it all to myself
To tell others would be a relief.
The lunar rover’s batteries were dead
Which I was replacing with the last spare
Sat in a crater, nose pointing down
A spacecraft had crashed over there.
It wasn’t man-made I’m sure of that
It came from some other star
Smooth and metallic – no windows or doors
Shaped like a cuban cigar.
I’m considering telling the Soyuz crew
Or wait till I get home?
Whatever I say, there’s no getting away
From the news that we’re now not alone.
It would devastate the whole of mankind
Greatly alter the status quo
So I’m going to forget that I ever saw it
And the World will never know.
By Marion Feasey
