Poems: Space dreams
a. Our galaxy awaits
The first view of our galaxy awaits,
the lights of billions of suns
Yet each star a destination of its own,
out of reach for millennia unknown
You see, us a species still in cradle Earth,
our ability to spread life still a dearth
Await the Moon, the asteroids, Titan, and Mars,
at all of its dawn but a gaze at the stars
Though without the will and wit to pull it off,
an interplanetary dream by itself is not enough
Need an eye for the details,
a rigor to pick up leftover trails
An incessant readiness for discourse and critic,
and the patience to inspire and teach
All of this is what you possess,
with a forgiving nature, no less
Every such Sol can we not iterate,
and set ablaze life to proliferate
Need but a gravity assist to set things straight,
beyond which the first view of our galaxy awaits.
b. We dream, we must
We dream, we must!
Or risk our species blown to dust
For a future that extends beyond the sky,
the time to act is nigh
An orchestrated descent on the Moon,
and an iterative rendezvous with an asteroid
Budge on with your dream,
and get past the crater’s rim
For you have not just the innate curiosity,
but also the warmth of empathy
The persistence to crack the 7 minutes of terror,
and then be the solar system torch bearer
A whirl around Jupiter,
and a landing on Europa
A dive through the rings of Saturn,
and a glide above the seas of Titan
The first orbit around mysterious Uranus,
and a swift passage through Triton’s geysers
With your perseverance and might,
leap all the way to peaks of eternal light.
Poem notes:
- “Peaks of eternal light” is a reference to thin sections of near-permanently sunlit areas on the Moon’s poles due to favorable geometry between the elevated terrain and the near-horizon Sun.
- My first job involved working with some remarkably passionate and like-minded people. I particularly enjoyed spending time with two friends for whom I wrote these respective poems.
Both poems are part of Seven uni-verses, my globally published poetry pamphlet.
