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Rated: E · Poetry · History · #2295534
On December 24, 1968 astronauts took a picture of Earth from the moon.
Earthrise:
55 Years Later

I view the photo again,
after almost fifty-five years
and ask:
"Did it contribute to my world view?"

Earth suspended
against the ebony background
of interstellar space,
reveals the planet
without human created boundaries.

I know this photograph
engendered the environmental movement;
did it also
help me to view
Earth as a single country?

Am I a world citizen
because of this picture?

Poet's Note: ▼

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