ATLANTIS FINAL MISSION
{Author,,Candice Landis } ©2011
July eighth year twenty eleven
For the final time Atlantis shot towards heaven
Emerging from a billowing cloud of smoke and dust
Her rockets ignited her thrusters thrust
Thirty years of work and dedication
Sometimes devastation
Unending progress for our nation
One last glorious trip to the space station
She performed like a dream,
Made proud her team
She arrived safe and sound
Completed one last round
Now for the final trip home
Space she is no longer allowed to roam
Time for her to retire
Placed on display for her job now is to inspire
She shoots across the sky like a falling star
People across the land watch from near and far
She hovers over the water like a giant bird
Zooming in so fast her image shimmers, is blurred
She seems to glow in the night
As she ends her final flight
She glides in on silent wings
As if shes attached to kite strings
It's enough to make you cry
Knowing she'll never again shoot across the sky
As she comes to a final stop
You can hear her engines final throb
As she seems to give one last sigh
And softly whispers goodbye
