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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350626" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I stand alone away from you desanctified and disfigured</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was a brightly lit afternoon<br>I saw a four legged machine<br>Descending on me slowly</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I could understand that<br>It was an airborne vehicle<br>And it was effectively<br>Controlled and guided</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So nice to see all its four legs<br>Touched my surface<br>The same time, making<br>The landing smooth and gentle</div><div style="margin:10px 0">White fine dusts rose<br>From each point of contact<br>And I had to cough a bit<br>In a slight discomfort</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From a window of the vehicle<br>Rolled down a ladder<br>And there peeped an image<br>Perhaps, a human being<br>Finding way through the window<br>And slowly climbed down<br>Carefully stepping upon me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“That's one small step for (a) man, <br>One giant leap for mankind'<br>I heard a male voice<br>Yelling his safe arrival here on me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He moved slowly <br>Jumping each step<br>Making good use <br>Of my gentle gravity<br>Generating a white cloud<br>Of dust at each step he made</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Another similar image also<br>Came down on me<br>And both spent about 3 hours<br>Collecting the powdery white soil<br>And rocks on my surface</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They planted a flag on me<br>And also a plaque with<br>Images of a man and woman<br>As if I did not know <br>From where they landed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They came from that half lit<br>Crescent seen on the horizon<br>Which just reflects sunlight<br>As I do on it</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I know men and women on earth<br>For centuries now as<br>Many poets, mostly of Indian origin<br>Held me high and they gave me<br>A roll in their storyline</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I would be witnessing<br>Lovers in their intimate togetherness<br>Or I would be asked to convey<br>Sweet messages between them<br>Many heroes and heroines<br>Shared with me their pains<br>Of separation from their sweethearts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Indian Astrology gave me<br>A place in the horoscope tables<br>developed by them for individuals<br>And made predictions<br>Based on the cell I am standing</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Old system of medicine<br>Gauged unsound mental conditions<br>With my phases<br>Assurances were given for a cure <br>As I cross a particular phase</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now I wonder<br>Why at all these visiting earth folks<br>Left on my surface depicting <br>Their images, as if <br>I have no familiarity with them</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This moon landing a giant leap<br>Of mankind, though<br>Spoilt my image in the hearts<br>Of those who made stories<br>Around me</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lovers no longer look at me<br>I too feel I have no influence<br>On the mental performance<br>Of people on earth<br>Astrological predictions<br>Made, based on my positions<br>In the horoscopes proved otherwise</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have lost my status<br>Because of that one small step</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just like a reflecting mirror of sunlight <br>I stand alone away from you<br>Desanctified and disfigured</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q>
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I saw a four legged machine
Descending on me slowly

I could understand that
It was an airborne vehicle
And it was effectively
Controlled and guided

So nice to see all its four legs
Touched my surface
The same time..."></div>
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