Written January 21, 2016
Videos of the moon landing make me cry
Not because it was faked;
It wasn't
Not because it makes me sad;
It doesn't
But the first small step for man
That pivotal giant leap for mankind
Is not a leap across a puddle
It's not a broad jump across a little river that the rain has brought to your front door
This leap is across twenty oceans
To the moon
And back
And it's a testament
A testament to what we, as humans, are goddamn crazy enough to do
A testament to what we, as humans, are goddamn smart enough to do
Or maybe stupid enough
Either way we end up in space
Reaching for the stars
Making science fiction into science fact
That right there
Is why
Videos of the moon landing make me cry
Not because it was faked;
It wasn't
Not because it makes me sad;
It doesn't
But the first small step for man
That pivotal giant leap for mankind
Is not a leap across a puddle
It's not a broad jump across a little river that the rain has brought to your front door
This leap is across twenty oceans
To the moon
And back
And it's a testament
A testament to what we, as humans, are goddamn crazy enough to do
A testament to what we, as humans, are goddamn smart enough to do
Or maybe stupid enough
Either way we end up in space
Reaching for the stars
Making science fiction into science fact
That right there
Is why
Videos of the moon landing make me cry