It, too, is a step and a leap;
small, giant;
man and mankind.
It peers up at the moon
and winks
at what got us there,
what keeps us
where we are.
Its breath is the speed of light;
its trajectory the space
of heavens;
its mission to launch
the unexplored, the alien;
to sight the soul that orbits
just out of reach
of human hands.
To finally land.