EQUAL IN GREATNESS
EQUAL IN GREATNESS
(For Michael Collins – Astronaut 1930-2021)
The fourth person to spacewalk
And the second
To orbit the moon alone
While fellow crew members
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
Walked on the lunar surface
Sometimes glory is shared unevenly
But greatness often depends
On those backstage
Silently pulling levers
And watching instruments
Always keeping their nerve
Michael Collins
Born in Rome
A Gemini and Apollo astronaut
Of the United States of America
Who flew the command module
On the first moon landing.
David Subacchi
April 2021
M.C. Newberry
Thu 6th May 2021 19:10
Indeed. A prime example of "They also serve who sit and wait" - even when it's hundreds of thousands of miles away above
another planet. His exposure to those stresses certainly didn't hinder
his advance towards a venerable age back on Earth.