Moon or mars or stars I travel, I compose

Up the sky in dark space

The heavenly bodies beckon

as I look upon with awe and wonder

urging me to travel to them, Yea

Moon or mars or stars I travel, I compose

Near moon or great distance away mars

Or far far off stars all have mysteries to unravel

have challenges to surmount if at all

I chose to live on them stars excepted

The thrills propel me to go exploring …

Distances just great seemingly a deterrent

Choosing the right space craft, right propulsion

inventing new ways to shrink the light year

distances to stars warp driving, worm hole jumping

or by new means I plunge head long propelling…

Taking safegaurds not to be fried by the onslaught

of cosmic rays, armed with provisions for food,

communication, survival kit to last a life time

if I m to lose the spacecraft, stranded in space

survive I will whether travelling or stranded midway

The black space, the view it offers

by the distant sights of moon, mars,

Coasting to them or orbiting

The enthralling sights of stars

Million, billion light years away

All inspire kindling the poet in me

to capture the moments of flights,

manoeuvres, perils, thrills and joy

into the lines of an exciting poem

Poems after poems as I travel, so sweet!

-Mohan Sanjeevan