Whilst Flying.

A moonless night, and in mid-air flight The pilot dimmed plane's internal light To see, unseen cosmic sight. ............................. Eighty thousand feet up in the air. Higher than anything flying there, Gave sky-view of a scene so rare. ............................ Gleaming expanse of the Milky Way. Brilliant white-striped delight, and swaying With glittering light before his gaze. ............................ Canvas was studded with sparkling stars, Clustered most densely, then from afar Space was shot through with golden bars. ............................ Like a firework display without sound. Every few seconds stars darted around. With radiance not seen from the ground. ............................. An eerie shine, of celestial glow, Lit incandescently heaven's show, Despite speed the plane seemed to slow. ............................. To a humbled stillness, and was part Of a much greater power, which startled The pilot's unbelieving heart. ............................. Taken aback, he thought then, the plane Compared to this, could not be again The pride of the sky as acclaimed. .............................. He was left wordless with what he'd observed As he noted the glory whilst flying 'Blackbird' Taken from written experience of a pilot of SR 17 'Blackbird', in flight..