By Olivia Steen

                                                              I always adored looking up at stars 
                                                                                                                    Wish I liked math to get that far 
                                                                         Take off in a spaceship to see things how they really are 
                                                  Allow myself that feeling of vulnerability 
                                                                                                       Although that is what poetry does to me 
                                                    Witty writing of words is my specialty 
To get to the moon is as far an eternity as
                                                               opening up the core to me 
                                                 An astronaut in space is to pen on paper 
                                           Helplessly trying to do or say the next right thing 
                                                                                                                                         Survival- Dependency 
                                                                                                   Take in the surroundings to feel less lonely 
                                                     Everyone waits for an outcome to see 
If one makes it back from space 
                                                                                                                    If one can write something beautiful 
                                                                                                                                without leaving a blank space 
Poetry is supposed to hit like rockets 
landing on the moon 
                                                                                                                                        And once the dust settles 
                                                              I hope my words leave a trace