A Blast From The Past

A Blast From The Past

In all of our history
All of our past
How many great things
Started off with a blast

For millions of years
Dinosaurs ruled the nest
The blast of one asteroid
Put them to rest

When Joshua heeded
The Promised Land’s call
The blast of his trumpets
Made Jericho fall

Once old Krakatoa
Blew volcanic breath
That monstrous blast
Breathed a mountain of death

A mysterious blast
Sunk the battle ship Maine
When the smoke cleared away
We were at war with Spain

An Archduke was killed
By the blast of a gun
France ran red with blood
That we call World War One

Valentina Tereshkova
Set a new pace
A rocket blast made her
First woman in space

These are but a few
Not the first or the last
Of things that began
With a blast from the past