**Footprints on the Moon**

Philosophy, to echo through time's vast hall,
Must stand alone, amidst the rise and fall.
With foundations firm in the shifting sands,
It must endure the mind's rigorous demands.

Supporting pillars of our worldly grasp,
It leaves a message, a luminous clasp.
Illuminating our inner thought's design,
Reflecting the spirit of our mortal line.

As pilgrims once on life's expansive plains,
Our passage marked by gains and by pains.
Indelible footprints, in canyons cast,
The written word's legacy to outlast.

Future tribes and time will come to see,
The empirical value of our decree.
Like moonwalkers' prints, left to attest,
Our presence here, in time's grand quest.

— Noel J. Nolan, 12/12/2023
#poetry

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