and looking down at everything caotic
everything known as beauty
feet slowly lifting weightless off
the steal floor below
little shinny dots in the sky
brighten with every
ever-lasting second
a world not known by any other

imagine thoughts floating
running through his head
as the blood is relieved
from the great earth's
pull to the core

a state of freedom?
perhaps much more
something only a few
humans will ever feel
i am not envious
not a bit

i don't think i would
go back
just close my eyes
and drift slowly away
in my capsul
in my mind
in peace
away from the 3rd planet's
gravity

-- a thought for the astronaut
J. A. Gagarin
commander of Vostok 1 space vessel
first animal to escape
Earth's gravitational field

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