THE FIRST PERSON IN SPACE, Yuri Gagarin, Dear Yuri by Brain Moses
Dear Yuri, I remember you,
the man with the funny name
who the Russians sent into space,
were you desperate for fame?
There surely must have been safer ways
to get into the history books,
perhaps you couldn’t rock like Elvis
or you hadn’t got James Dean’s looks.
Perhaps you couldn’t fight like Ali
or make a political speech
so they packed you into a spaceshp
and sent you out of Earth’s reach.
And Yuri, what was it like
to be way out there in space,
the first to break free of Earth’s gravity
and look down on the human race?
And Yuri, I wanted to say
that I remember your flight,
I remember your name, Gagarin,
and the newsreel pictures that night.
And you must have pep talked others
when they took off into the blue.
I’ve forgotten their names, but Yuri,
I’ll always remember you.
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