Tales Thursday: The Misadventures of Little Dorian Wade - Boldly going where no baby has gone before.

Captain Dorian is chosen for this spectacular mission
Of inhabiting space, reached by a rocket of low emission.
For nine months, he must experience life in space.
He'll report back to Earth, his findings of the place.
He'll mine the area for resources uncovered
And explore the unknown for science-y things to be discovered.
Along the way, Dorian will be entertained by sights and sounds.
He'll be weightless and trapped by the oxygen-less space that surrounds.
He is ready to explore life and beyond.
By the end, he and his pod will have created a bond.

Ignition, lift off! Dorian states, "Sir Walden, I have achieved lift."
The pod reaches terminal velacity, smooth and swift.
The collectors begin their long, but prized task.
"Sir Walden, it's beautiful out here, but I must ask,
Why am I the only one?
Why was I chosen to have all of the fun?"
Sir Walden responds with his customary meow.
Dorian takes in this once in a life opportunity of the here and now.
Later he performs a space walk, attached by an oxygen cord.
He kicks, turns, tumbles, and squrims, not at all bored.

When you have things to do, time flies.
He awakens this morning and rubs his eyes.
He is in a dark and cavernous asteroid.
Tearing apart the rock, he must avoid.
He sings, "Digging for treasure
Is a pleasure.
Digging for gold,
Never gets old."
Suddenly, there is what feels like an earthquake.
Dorian fears for what could be at stake.

The pod is damaged and a safe return is fleeting.
He decries leaving before his first mission, completing.
Urgent his arrival now has become,
But still he must wait, a long distance he travels from.
Was it he who caused the quake?
Or, was the ore so fragile, it was bound to break?
Maybe an alien was there first, he pauses.
Perhaps there were unknown causes.
Enough time has passed, a crash landing is imminent.
Whatever happens next will surely in history be permanent.

Entering the atmosphere, he comes in hot.
In control of what comes next, he is not.
Landing in water, his pod leaks.
He is slowly guided out by geeks.
Opening his eyes for the very first time it seems,
He cries, because he's alive, but also a light in his eye beams.
He is poked, prodded and cleaned.
A meeting with his parents has now convened.
Dorian awakes.
It was a dream as he now shakes.