Homo Apollo
© 2002 by Stephen StonewallThe Earth and Moon, Mother and child, Sibling and twin, Cradle and future. We climb down from the trees, We stand and we look up: The ground farewells us, The sky beckons. We rise up, We look up, We reach up, We fly. An all-male preserve, A boys-only adventure, Testosterone heroes, The proverbial man’s man. A generation has passed, We pause and take breath, We regroup and replan Our next voyage for all. We stop to think of our mother, the Earth, We have a duty to tidy up our home before we explore for another. Our former barriers - race, gender, sexuality, nation - must inevitably fall. Dreams and future belong to all. A future humanity A Homo Apollo Must become Homo Tranquillity. The sky is forever. |
| This poem originally appeared in "Solar Spectrum #2", published in June 2002 and available from Spaced Out. |