02-11-2012, 04:17 AM
OK here it goes..
A child grew up walking by the moon light under the stars who made an imaginary friend from the Orion cluster while the moon guided her. The moon was her lamp and the stars was her shield.
In her mind she hitched a ride using a shooting star to see the sites and places made just for her.
And still the moon light guided her and Orion protected her as she went to her own lands of wonder.
She dreams as a future astronaut would.
Then she grew up, almost into adult hood and the sky fell in on her head. Orion failed to protect her and the moon did not guide her away from harm. Instead of making her afraid of the dark, it made her want to submerge herself in it so she can not see the stars and moon that she once depended on. Totally turning her back on the guiding moon and protective stars else she be reminded of the painful event.
The potential astronaut died.
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I am pretty sure I now what happened to make her feel that way. Martians came and ate her brains with a straw thru her nose? No? ok maybe not.
Maybe if she used the faithful dog star Sirius in the constellation Canis Major to protect her she might have avoided the incident?
I dont do critique since I dont know a poem from a owners manual but I can understand meaning... sorta.
Or I could be spinning on that 3rd cup of coffee and got the meaning all wrong.
A child grew up walking by the moon light under the stars who made an imaginary friend from the Orion cluster while the moon guided her. The moon was her lamp and the stars was her shield.
In her mind she hitched a ride using a shooting star to see the sites and places made just for her.
And still the moon light guided her and Orion protected her as she went to her own lands of wonder.
She dreams as a future astronaut would.
Then she grew up, almost into adult hood and the sky fell in on her head. Orion failed to protect her and the moon did not guide her away from harm. Instead of making her afraid of the dark, it made her want to submerge herself in it so she can not see the stars and moon that she once depended on. Totally turning her back on the guiding moon and protective stars else she be reminded of the painful event.
The potential astronaut died.
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I am pretty sure I now what happened to make her feel that way. Martians came and ate her brains with a straw thru her nose? No? ok maybe not.
Maybe if she used the faithful dog star Sirius in the constellation Canis Major to protect her she might have avoided the incident?
I dont do critique since I dont know a poem from a owners manual but I can understand meaning... sorta.
Or I could be spinning on that 3rd cup of coffee and got the meaning all wrong.