more words...

right now I wish
I had more words
or had better words,
maybe a more extensive vocabulary?
that I read more books,
newspapers, magazines
wrote more letters
read more letters
right now, at this moment I even
wish I had read more poetry.
maybe if I knew another language?
if the inside spoke out loud?
if only I had more words
or done one or more of the above
then maybe I would be able
to get what ever it is off the
shadows of my chest
and leave its weight here,
or somewhere like it,
so it can take its rightful place lost in the
catacombs of stolen moments remembered.

-2006

On this day in history...

On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonautYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel intospace.

During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrialtechnician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feataccomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes. Vostok 1 orbitedEarth at a maximum altitude of 187 miles and was guided entirely by anautomatic control system.

The only statement attributed to Gagarin during his one hour and 48 minutes in space was, "Flight is proceedingnormally; I am well."