Walking on the Moon

I watched
from earth,
listening
to every word,
cheered
when they
stepped

on the moon
then life
went
back to
normal. 

Questions emerged.
Was there
a conspiracy?
Did the event
ever happen?

Now he’s gone
and I recall once again

the exhilaration
of those days
in space
my life joined
to his
when I looked
back at
the earth

from the
moon.
His exploration
of new frontiers

was captured 
in these words,


“A small step
for man
 a giant step
for mankind.”

In memory of Neil Armstrong