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#augustwriteaday The astronaut, alone His spacecraft way off course An oxygen explosion Had ripped a hole, with force At first he thought it simple Fire thrusters and then turn But with fuel cells...
My fickle eyes can barely make A distance in the sky's black lake. A blur, a smudge... But not suffice To see a glint in rings of ice.
#household On the threshold of outer space Stood the human race 3rd rock from the sun At first it was fun We progressed at a steady pace Then we went and invented A thing that we could have...
Hey Guys. This Chapter is shorter, but it still helps tell the story. Chapter 3 "I want to thank you for coming today we will begin in a few minutes so please take your seats and get comfortable.
Say ta-ta to Milky Way as we're going up, up and away. Higher than the waves of cirrus you see, gyrating, putting nimbus' rain at sojourn and flee.
There once was a boy named Izzy Who always happened to be busy Building a spaceship to fly by the stars The moon, the milkyway, some aliens, and Mars A Space Cowboy, he wanted to be Like his Dad, His...
And once again, I found myself trapped on this polluted planet, Sandwiched between the stars and the Earth, Staring out my window I felt small and insignificant, Wishing I could be out there...
And there amongst the blue powder And the white foam that frames it all. Was a little splash of colour, To the green it never does fall. Rainbow in its appearance, Solid but moving too...
We gather tonight, you and me, In Earths darkest hour, All helpless, kneeling before, A terrible unyeilding power, We grasp at straws, with both hands, But our grip on life is weak, We turn around,...
**Original song.
Pink sky, and crimson lakes, My homeland, in my mind I will not forsake. A traveler of distant lands am I But none are pleasing to my eye.
#household I can see the lights of home Growing slowly in my sights. I've been gone for far too long. Can't wait to end this grueling flight. A world beater I have been, Taking charge and doing well.
Soaring high above the sky, way beyond the reach of the clouds making my way into the vast and boundless infinity that is space.
(read part 1 first) #thelight Prime Minister Gregory, of England, sat on his large black-leather chair behind his desk. His long blonde hair cropped back in a greasy pony tail.
(New series.) #thelight Wires hung from the ceiling big and heavy. Large pipes and ventilation shafts crawled across it. Piles of paper littered floors and desks.
So, you died. You had taken a few more steps across the moss-infested slimy planks. They were roughly entwined, and heaved under even the subtlest weights, crackling with bursting air pockets.
I want to take a trip in space An advance to the human race A trip from here all the way to Mars A beautiful place to gaze at stars Where you can watch not one moon but two Imagine all the...
That shimmering slice of glass, precision cut to the micrometer, undefinable ridges and curls inserted onto it's gleaming structure, across which not one speck of blinding sunlight could reflect.
Regis paced uneasily around the small room, the control panels' many buttons and dials flashing distractingly. She called Viperhound to her-"what is our position?" she questioned the creature.
Far away in outer space Sits a little man In a little spaceship Drawing up a little plan He watches all the planets And stars that pass him by But one place in particular Has really caught his eye A...
Space is an unusual place, waiting to be explored. It has stars that glitter like diamonds and are illusions to our eyes.
There was once a boy, Named Nicholas Claud, Who was sitting in his flat, Completely bored.
This is my first attempt at a short story, so don't laugh...but please feel free to criticise with honesty. I've written it in 3 short chapters rather than in separate posts. Chapter 1.
I am a little speck of space dust. Whizzing through the sky. I see the Earth in all its glory. From my vantage point up high. Twinkling stars and glowing moons. I pass on my journey.