Wednesday's Verse - Into the Unknown
This week’s verse moves from speculative poem about a race living inside a planet to a science fiction verse about space exploration. It is taken from Another 365 Days of Poetry, a
collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2019.
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Into the Unknown
A
leap of faith, we called it
A
leap into the great unknown
No
one had ever been; no one had ever gone
With
only theory to put their trust in
They
breathed their prayers
farewelled
their loved ones
hit
the switch and left us
staring
skywards, all forlorn.
How
long they would be away
we
did not know, and no one could say
How
long they’d be away was anybody’s guess
their
families wept, and prayed and hoped
and
in despair their watch was kept
and
when these journeymen returned
they
found that hope and anger burned
in
hearts that had waited while they’d been away
and
with joy was greeted the news they’d stay
For
much had been discovered
and
much had they all learned
but
the next time that they chose to go, they would not return.
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You can find the first two poetry
collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with
more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be
released later in the year.
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