Outer Space

If I could travel to outer space,
I’d find a place to call my own,
But here on Earth that’s not the case,
For my souls worth couldn’t buy a home.

If I could travel to outer space,
I’d be free to do the things I please,
I’d get by at my own pace,
And the gravity wouldn’t hurt my knees.

If I could travel to outer space,
O, the things that I would learn,
And how the stars I would embrace,
As their very rays in my heart burn.

If I could travel to outer space,
The more I think about the unknown,
And about my final resting place,
I suppose I would be all alone.

If I could travel to outer space,
I think I might be a wee bit scared,
I know I’d still be in His Grace,
But I suppose that I’m just not prepared.

Even at this time I suppose I’d fear,
Treading on these sacred things,
For my heart is there but my head is here,
I must wait for my God to give me wings.

If I could travel to outer space,
O, the things that I would dearth,
I’d probably learn to embrace,
The things most dear to me on Earth.

If I could travel through outer space,
And touch the sky and light above,
E’en though the stars this day I chase,
I’d better wait and go with the ones I love.

If I could travel through outer space,
A spaceship I would need to obtain,
And if I left this world without a trace,
I’d search the stars in utter vane.

I’d look for the feelings that guided me,
But in the midst of heaven, I’d go unawares,
But at a distance the stars I can see,
And the whole plan that He so gently shares.

For the things I would learn in outer space,
Would not coexist in a perfect rhyme,
Why would I ever want to replace,
The ones I love on Earth at this time.

-Jacob Winterfeldt