MOONSCAPE
Like a name-dropping traveller through the galaxy’s night,
The moon dispenses a greater luminary’s reflected light;
Locked into an orbit of its colourful overlord,
Linked to its master on an invisible umbilical cord.
Twenty-nineteen brought a lunar celebration;
A golden anniversary for the U.S. nation.
Fifty years since those heady sci-fi aims came true;
A moon landing achieved by a brave Apollo crew.
Daylight hours mask its reign, eclipses dim its glare,
Allusions ba…
