What a Boon!

Fifty-six years ago!

For progress, what a boon!

Neil Armstrong, our astronaut,

Stepped onto the moon.

 

One of the greatest achievements of science

Since the world began:

He called it a "giant leap for mankind,"

And "one small step for a man."

 

Many of us who were living back then

Watched it on TV

Since it was being transmitted down here

For all the world to see.

 

However, science skeptics now

Think they're being deceived

And seem to prefer the times when people

Were killed for what they believed.

 

Humankind is greatly threatened

When people haven't learned

That ignorance is a dangerous thing

And science shouldn't be spurned.

 

Let's SING the praises, whether or not

You can carry a tune,

Of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin,

Who walked upon the moon.

 

-by Bob B (7-20-25)

Reviews

[Buddhistboy73]

An interesting opine on an historic moment.......

Let's learn from the events of the past and move on,....

Thanks for sharing...

BB73

[JessyJacob]

Hi Bob,
You write amazingly well.

Thank you for sharing.
I stopped giving personal views and also stopped criticism which nowhere makes changes like ignorance does.

Jessy Jacob.