The Moon

D.A. Cooper

August 18, 2024

With courage and a little pep,

it was one small step 

out of the ship, and they began,

for man,

a journey out into the deep,

one giant leap

into the dark; striving to find,

for mankind,

the curtain we must peer behind,

reality’s drapes, the façade

that covers up the face of God.

D.A. Cooper is a fifth-generation Houstonian and seventh-generation Texan. He recently finished his MFA at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. His poetry and translations have also appeared in Irreantum, Light, Lighten Up Online, Philosophy Now, and Witcraft.