A Space Boy Dream

I dreamt I had to go to Mars

I'm always kidding on about going to Mars for the day

But faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified

And it wasn't going to be like a moon trip

There was three of us going, but we couldn't all go on the same ship

We had to go one at a time, with a day between us

I had to go first

And it was the thought of passing through all that black space

All the darkness with nothing in it

And then being the first one to land there, all alone

I knew it was supposed to be all dark around

With just a red surface

But what if I got there and it was light?

All civilized and populated and stuff

So I made a plan

The other astronauts were going to be my dad and my sister

And my dad would come first after me

So I decided when I landed

I would just stay in my seat until he got there

And then we could get out together

And have a look around and see what sort of things were there

And when I woke up and I was lying in the darkness

I thought I had landed

And I just lay still for a while

Waiting for my dad to get there too