DON'T CHALLENG'ER
(Written after watching Her pass
directly over my house in Orlando
for first landing at the Cape
on February 11th, 1984
Also saw Her launch, live.)
Well, the giant silver bird
Has passed another test -
And this time She came back home
She returned to Her nest.
Four hundred miles per hour -
More than three miles high -
She sure was a pretty sight
As She streaked across the sky.
In the early morning light
She made a "booming" sound -
Her head held high, bold and proud
As She dropped to the ground.
She'd been in another world
For one week and a day -
High above the Earth and clouds
Where people look to pray.
Taken so much for granted
In this here day and age -
But in the books of history
She wrote another page.