Pigsley’s Trip to the Moon

It was finally Friday, Pigsley could not he more excited as today his friends would be spending the night and they would all be watching a meteor shower! Piglsey had never seen a meteor shower before.  As he grabbed his jacket and slowly walked to leave the house for school, all he was thinking of was tonight.  The only thing that distracted Piglsey from his eager thoughts of tonight, was having to get through dinner.  Pigsley’s mom had recently begun increasing his vegetables at dinner, eagerly trying to get her son to eat more healthy.  Tonight on the menu was broccoli.  How he hated broccoli! In order to see what may be the most exciting thing he had ever seen, Piglsey would have to force himself to eat broccoli.  With this new thought adamantly pushing its way into his thoughts, Piglsey continued on out of the house to wait for the bus to take him to school.  It was time to get this day going and soon night would be here, with a new eagerness his excitement returned and as the bus approached he climbed in to start his day.  

Suddenly when Piglsey did not think the school day would end, the last bell of the day rang alerting the students it was time to go home and start the weekend.  For Piglsey, the day was just beginning.  What he needed now was to find a way to pass the time until his friends would be at his house.  Piglsey decided to run outside and check that his dad had remembered to put the big telescope out in the backyard, along with a tent for the boys to sleep in under the night stars.  Pigsley had never been camping before but thought it looked like fun, maybe he could get his dad to take him and his friends camping next time.  Looking around he was aware of the season in full bloom.  Spring had just passed and all the flowers had gotten back their vivid colors, and the smells in the backyard were very soothing.  Pigsley thought his mom had chosen the best flowers to put out here, even at such a young age Piglsey could appreciate flowers and really enjoyed their smells.  Skipping around the backyard, Piglsey decided that everything was in place and ready for the night to start.  They were sure to have the best spot in all of the yard to see the meteor shower.  Piglsey heard his mother shout for him to come inside and wash up as it was almost time now for his father to be home, after that his friends would be there!

After what seemed like the longest time to Piglsey, his father came home from work.  Smiling his father came over to hug both Piglsey and his mother, while asking Piglsey if he was ready for his big night with his friends.  Piglsey laughed with his father and told him he already checked the yard and everything looked perfect.  His father laughed with him.  Suddenly the door bell rang, and Pigsley jumped to his feet trying to race his mother to the door.  Piglseys mother opened the door to see her sons’s friends waiting to come inside.  Jumping with happiness Piglsey grabbed his friends and ran with them outside to play and show them where they would both watch the meteor shower and sleep.  His friends were just as eager as Pigsley was.  Just as he was about to suggest something to play Pigsley’s mom called the boys in for dinner/  Hanging his head slightly Piglsey ran inside with his friends, Peter and Tom, they headed to the dinner table. 

Remembering the smells from the backyard the happy thoughts of flowers disappeared as Piglsey sat at the dinner table. Passing the plates around to be filled, Piglseys mom placed a full plate at everyones space, looking to see what all was there he spotted grilled chicken, mash potatoes and there it was, the broccoli.  Piglsey knew he could get both the chicken and potatoes down without a fight, but broccoli? How was he going to manage that? Piglseys mother looked at him giving him a stern look with no words, indicating to Piglesy he needed to be sure he ate his broccoli if he wanted to have a fun night. Eager to be done and playing, {iglsey decided to be brave and eat his broccoli as fast as he could, maybe then he would not have time to really taste it.  Whatever the reasoning, his plan worked and soon Piglsey and his friends were done with dinner and ready to start having some fun.  His father reminded him that they needed to not mess with the telescope outside, his father had it fixed to the right location needed to get the best view of the meteor shower. 

Soon the dark had enveloped the sky, showing the bightly lit stars, and they had even spotted the moon.  The boys ran off together chasing lightening bugs, Piglseys dad grabbed a jar and poked holes in the lid, after he placed some lightening bugs inside he closed the lid and showed the boys how they now had a natural night light, and the holes allowed the lightening bugs to breathe and after a shirt time they set them free.  Time was getting closer, but as time grew nearer Pigsley and his friends grew more anticipation.  Waiting for a meteor shower seemed like a lot of work to Piglsey.  Thats when he had an idea, he called Peter and Tom over “How about we take our own trip to the moon!”he said excitedly.  In unison, they all shouted “To the Moon!” Piglsey was beyond any excitement he already had, they were going to the moon! Piglsey, Peter and Tom readied a rocket and began their trip up to the moon, he left a note behind to let his parents know they would be back soon.  Suddenly they were moving with a big increase of speed.  Soon they were no longer able to smell the flowers or see the tents in the yard, all they could see were stars everywhere, but they no longer looked as they had before.  They were even brighter than he had imagined.  This was it, they were really going to the moon! 

When the rocket stopped, Piglsey and his friends jumped out, walking around felt funny, and they heard a strange noise coming their ay.  Hiding behind a big rock they had found, they waited to see what the noise was coming from.  Coming at them was a big, hairy looking creature that had 3 eyes, yes 3 eyes! The creature had colored hair, you could see pink,purple and yellow mixed almost resembling a rainbow.  Sensing that the creature was friendly Piglsey and his friends came out from behind the rock and introduced themselves to their new friend.  “Hello I am Piglsey, and this is Peter and Tom, we came to see the moon” said Piglsey.  At first he did not know what to expect would the creature really be friendsly? Should they have waited for it to leave? All of his fears were put to rest when the creature spoke, “Hello I am Edinton and this is my home. I can show you and your friends where the moon is, there is a bus we can take that will give us a full tour!” Piglsey and  his friends quickly accepted Edinton’s offer to be their guide.  This trip was very quickly taking on shape.  Edinton told the boys to follow him and they could catch a bus just down the way past the rocks . Once they passed the rocks they could not believe what they saw.  It reminded him so much of his own home, there were small and big creatures all around, the small ones reminded him of children and they were playing with balls and other toys.  

Lights flashing suddenly got the boy’s attention as Edinton was grabbing the boys hands and urging them to quickly get on the bus so they would not miss the tour.  The boys all grabbed a seat together and watched out the window to take in all the new sights filling their eyes.  They saw a big building that was colored green, yes green! Piglsey asked Edinton what the building was for, it was so much bigger than any other building he had seen so far.  Edinton told them the green building was where the cows were kept. Cows the boys asked? There were cows all the way out here? Edinton explained that the cows were milked, there were yellow ones and blue ones, when they mix the milk together they use it to put thru a machine and create the green cheese that is applied to the moon and as the boys listened they knew they just had to see these cows before taking a tour.  Edinton pulled a switch to allow them to make a stop sooner and they all got out at the big green building, it was time to see these cows that made green cheese! Walking in they were all stpped at the front desk to sign in then they would be taken around and shown what the process was for making cheese that supplied the moon and kept it green.  Sounds were becoming increasingly stronger, and the boys could actually hear mooing coming from behind the door they were standing at. Edinton,Peter,Tom and Piglsey followed the woman through the door that was half blue and half yellow.  He could not believe his eyes when he enetered the room! There was two sides to the room, one side was filled with stalls that even had soft pillows for the cows to lie down on, but in fact there were yellow cows and there were blue cows. Piglsey could not believe that he had actually seen yellow and blue cows! No one would ever believe this, he thought.  Peter and Tom followed closely with Pigsley, not knowing what to look at first.  The woman gave the boys all pieces of straw from a bag she had in her pocket.  “This is not ordinary straw, it only works on these cows here.  This helps the cows to keep their color and allow the milk to be combined with the other color to help it stay the most perfect amount of green to be absorbed by the moon.  Only the best milk can work and for that we need magick straw.”  Taking a piece each of them were allowed to feed a cow. The cows quicly ate the straw lingering trying to coerce the boys into giving them more straw to eat. The woman asked if they all wanted to see the process for combining the milk and making it into cheese and then how it was sent to the moon for use. The boys could not profess their eagerness quite enough, they were so excited and trying to take all of it in seemed like such work. There was so much to see! 

Entering a new area, the boys could see many more machines in this new room.  There were columns of metal that seemed to go all the ay to the ceiling. WHat could be in there Piglsey thought.  The woman seemed to be reading Pigleys mind, as she brought them closer in the room.  “This is where to milk is added to these metal columns, here it awaits to see if it is pure enough to be mixed for the moon.” Piglsey and his friends went closer to the columns, wondering how they got all the milk into those tall columns.  The woman asked if they wanted to see how the worked got the milk in, excited the boys followed the woman into a smaller room in which many controls were on a peg like board and beside it was another creature, similar to Edinton but much larger.  He showed the boys how if he used buttons on the peg board machine-like hands would actually collect the milk from the cows, placed in special bottles to withstand any outside force the milk is protected in the special bottle, keeping it safe until its allowed to be mixed. Only the best milk goes into these bottles and from there it is added by yet a longer machine hand to the columns made of metal, but only metal on the outside as the nside is full of prtectove coating to keep it safe.  From here the boys were ushered into an even larger area now, seeing how the milk is combined to create green cheese.  There were more machine-like hands in this room but they appeared much more advanced than even the previous ones were . They had more fingers than Piglsey had on any of his feet or hands.  He could not imagine how that many fingers could not just get in the way.  Watching as the yellow milk had been approved, placed in a bottle and moved on to the room they were in now, they watched as it was added to a certain metal column, and after that the blue followed to a different column.  It was important that the milk stayed apart for a certain time allowing it to become even more perfect to mix more easily and add to the moon.  They were now watching as a hand grabbed a pail of milk of both colors and placed them both in the same machine, this machine had tubes that shot the milk through and more quickly than either of them could imagine a suden burst of green became apparent.   It was now a beautiful shade of green colored liquid, the milk was ready to become cheese and they would be allowed to watch the process, the boys could not be happier.  They would finally know how the moon was made to have green cheese. The machine hand h=then took the now green milk and placed it into yet another machine. Piglsey was impressed by how many machines they had in this building.  After waiting what felt like forever, but only being about 5 minutes, the boys saw a new person come into the room, this time it was not a machine.  The only person they would trust in this part of the process was a creature named Marvin. Marvin had three eyes as Edinton had but he looked far older and you could tell he had been doing his job for a long time.  Marvin came into the room, walked up to the machine and took the milk out.  

Marvin took the now green milk and placed it into a special machine that would make this milk into cheese.  Lights flashed as the machine came to life, noises were sounding as the boys eagerly await the cheese to be done.  Suddenly a beep starts sounding and a green light flashes on the machine, Marvin opens the tray and out came green cheese! Piglsey could not believe his eyes, there he was looking at green cheese for the moon!  Marvin handed a small piece of the green cheese to each of the boys allowing them a taste of what was used for the moon.  Pigsley knew he had never had such good tasting chplained eese before and would have to mention this to his mom when he got home.  After they finished eating their cheese, Marvn explained that he would take over for the woman ash only certain people are allowed beyond that point.  Would they be allowed to help place the cheese Piglsey wondered. Following closely behind Marvin, the boys looked around in awe of all they had seen already.  This really was the most exciting trip they had ever taken!  When they came to a door that had a green moon on the frame, Marvin stopped and turned to speak.  “This is where the cheese enters that is allowed to be placed in the moon.  From here you will need to wear a special suit that keeps the cheese protected from being contaminated as only the best is allowed to be sent to the moon.”  After having put on the special suit that Marvin handed the boys, they were allowed to go in.  

The first thing Piglsey noticed was a special door on the ceiling of the room.  According to Marvin, as he spoke to them now, the special door was used by specially picked team to carry the cheese to the moon as it was needed.  As Piglesy had learned of moon phases back in school this was all new to learn.  He was told how as what others ee as moon phases was actually th moon getting low on cheese, so when this happens the special team goes out and places more of the specialluy approved cheese to be placed in the moon until it was time to add more again.  This process was continuous and Pigley had never known so much went into caring for the moon.  They had learned so much! Edinton looked over and reminded Pigsley that even though they had been able to take a tour here they would not have time for a tour of town before Edinton had to be home for his own dinner.  The boys and Edinton said thank you to hte people of the green building and ran to catch the bus back.  While on the bus they all watched and looked eagerly around outside hoping to take in as much as they could before the bus was done.  

Once the bus had stopped Edinton said his goodbyes to the boys as they got off at their stop.  Waving thru the window until he could no longer see them Edinton had gone now.  Pigsley and the boys rushed to reach their rocket to head home in hopes to still see the meteor shower.  The rocked headed home with great haste, it felt like time went much faster now than while they had been outside of the earth.  Upon exiting the rocket Piglsey and his friends felt a little saddened to have left their new friend Edinton but they could not wait to tell everyone of their great adventure and how they learned to care for the moon.  Pigsley ran to see his father and mother as they were walking to the backyard to begin watching the metero shower with the boys, and his mom said “I hope you and your friends are ready for an adventure, it is almost time. ” Pigsley laughed and said to his mother” Mom we have already had the most exciting adventure and I can’t wait to see you try green cheese.” Pigsley’s mom looked over at him curiously, green cheese she thought to herself, now what has this boy been up to now she thought with a laugh.  As they gathered together they looked to the sky ans with the meteor shower showing the promised excitemenet Pigsley wondered to himself if he would ever see Edinton againv and he truly could not wait until their next adventure!

 

 

Alone I know y…

Alone

 

I know you are there

I can hear your voice

I can see your face

but somehow I still feel alone

Empty shell

anything worthy inside?

all things I have done

and for what?

to be alone

I try to have an open heart

that should be hard as steel

instead it is soft and brittle

bearing on me always

tears cry out and pain stabs on

hoping that one day will feel

better than the one before

love exists this I know

why do I feel so alone?

The moon glistened in the darkness, the waves crashed in time with the echoing roar of the wind, the lady slowly placed her foot into the water and then pulling it back out as she felt the coolness the water now had.  Walking  now with a slow stride, the sand tossing between her toes as she makes her way down the distance of the beach towards the house at the end with the blue door.  “The blue door”, she thinks out loudly.  “Why did we ever paint that door blue?”, she slumped her head slightly as she continued, and upon reaching her house she stopped for a moment wiping her feet on the mat outside the blue door as if she was in a daze.  She puts her hand out to turn the knob and hearing the clicking sound she remembers she must begin to forget what haunts her.  Once inside her house, she looks around her, seeing everything in place she goes to lie down, hoping rest will ease her as she had hoped the walk on the beach would.  “Hello, honey”, says her husband as he hears her come in the house, “how was your walk?”   She sits on the couch, slumping her body, looking up in the direction of her husbands’ voice, “A little too cold I believe.”  He sighs to himself, as he had hoped she would find some peace when they moved here, the ocean can be so harmonious, but nothing seemed to be making her feel better, how long had it been now?  She puts her feet up on the couch and lies down resting her head where she can see out the window, “It really is a beautiful moon though.”  Her husband looks up at her smiling, “It sure is, supposed to be a full moon next week.”, he says trying to keep conversation going.  ” How long will I continue to feel this way?”, she asks her husband, looking at him weakly.  He looks at her, seeing how wounded she looks, looking far more aged than her years, trying to think of something positive to help ease her mind he says, “Everyday seems better sweetie, it takes time.”  She looks at him trying to force a smile, as she knows he just says what he thinks she needs to hear, but she knows nothing will ever get better.  Standing up from the couch she walks towards the bedroom, glances in the mirror and sees the reflection of the woman staring back at her.  “Who is this?” she thinks to herself, I don’t even feel like I know myself anymore.  A single tear begins to fill up in her eye, she thinks out loud to herself, “Not this time! ” .   Everyday was a battle for her, she felt as though she was losing everyone she knew, everyone she loved.   All she wanted was to be better, to be like everyone else.  She longed for her family to know she loved them and to be loved back, she had lost everything that had meant anything to her,  all except for her husband.  He had stood by her everyday, moving them to the ocean once everyone else had cut her out of their lives, painting the door blue because it was her favorite color, now she hated it.  Blue reminded her of things she had loved, of being so wrong, and how everyone hated her, she wished things would change.  Getting uneasy with her sadness she decided to get some sleep, after all, tomorrow has to be better, right?

 

A little of Me

The young woman sat peering out the window, small drops of rain glistening as her face begins to feel the coolness of the glass. She begins to drift away into deep thought, longing for emotions other than loneliness, anger, she begins to cry. Looking desperately for cause for such intense pain, she begins searching her mind eagerly seeking some kind of hope, some kind of light that will show her the way. Hopeless in getting any relief or solution she stops thinking and slinks down in her seat away from the window. Now loneliness and anger are replaced by fond memories of times when she felt nothing but happiness, no worries, nothing to stray her thoughts. Memories of times spent playing, climbing trees and being happy just to be around her friends and family, now she is reminded of her losses, loss of family, loss of friends, the loneliness returns. She begins to concentrate on what she has done to cause the loss, is she angry too often, is she too harsh on her words, was she not fun enough, was she sad too often, was she not around enough, was she too open with her words, and then she begins to think again “wait, no I was there, I showed them how much I loved them how could they not love me back? how could they hurt me so? how could they not see the pain i feel not having them around, what I would give to have them hug me. ” she begins to weep now, trying to find consolence in her thoughts, somewhere there must be happiness. Just as she began crying she suddenly stops after it seems no more tears can come, she feels numb and almost calming in her from somewhere unknown, what seems to have taken over her every thought every motion, her inability to find consolence has appeared and she has no memory of why she has tears, what made her feel so bad that she would cry? She gets up from her seat by the window, looks into the glass and sees something she does not recall being there before. She sees a face staring back, a blank look she cannot recognize, her own face. She decides she needs to rest, sleep will be good, as she lays for what seems like hours she can’t seem to find any rest. Tossing around trying to lay different ways only keeps her awake longer, as she finally drifts off to sleep her mind begins to speak to her again, telling her of memories she had wanted long forgotten, memories she had wanted to escape. But in her world there seems to be no escape, no way of finding that consolence she longs for, the love and peacefulness to last. Her dreams will continue to haunt her and maybe one day she will have no memory of them and then she can begin to feel alive again.