Headline Poem 10/21/14 -- The Man on the Moon

Tonight, I saw a headline about what the earth looked like from space in the 1960's. This, and the loss of imagination that comes with youth, and a bit of undeserved trust that we give to our television news stations, inspired The Man on the Moon. 

The Man on the Moon

From my 

bedroom window

I wondered if I'd be able to see 

the man on the moon

the president promised 

would be there soon. 

I waited. 

Each night, I asked my mom and dad 

if he was up there yet. 

Not yet baby, they would say. 

But soon. 

I never saw him 

because as the nights went on,

and the years passed by,

I stopped looking up. 

I knew if he made it, 

they'd show him on the news.