"Mourning Fragmentation" (For The 7 Astronauts of Columbia)

[Michael Griffiths]

If I hadn't said anything, this poem could be open to interpretation. But in this case, I felt it necessary to spell it out...


?Mourning Fragmentation?

Across all the miles before our eyes
we flew
faster than we could speak
as steadfast arrows
across unseen horizons
across
our lives
and finally into
ourselves

We are left scattered
piece by
piece
in places
that we?ll never know
with no understanding
of the fall
never to hit the ground -
magnified and stretched
across torn blue
and small explosions

We left the night
and lost it
in the wreckage of
the morning
and all the miles behind our eyes

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

That's beautiful

 

[PaleBlueDot]

Thanks for sharing, Michael. I do hope the space program recovers quickly and fully from this. It means so much to me.

Dot.

 

[ACROB@T]

We left the night
and lost it
in the wreckage of
the morning
and all the miles behind our eyes

.....

 

[Ali Rose]

 

[Gickies Gageeze]

thats nicely done, mg.