Earthbound

We sat in the sand and watched the morning rise
As rockets flared through frost and golden glare.
With grit in my toes and fire in my eyes
I felt the rumble come and said a prayer.
A mighty wish that I should be aboard,
To feel the sunlight glint across my face
To hear the stars and planets strike a chord
And know that I had finally found my place.
I know that even universes play,
Amongst themselves with light and space and time
Throwing novae in a cosmic soiree,
An epic playground to wish one could climb.
And so I settle into rest and sigh,
I release a breath and watch the fire die.