the astronaut and the alien.
you will never stop searching
even when they tell you it is a lost cause
even when they say they are so sorry
budget cuts
there just isn’t the money
the public buy in
even when all the lights have been
shut off and the the computers repoed
and the coffee grounds sit molding
in their filters
forgotten
you will continue your work
you will enter data
and research probabilities
you will lift up every rug
and every floorboard of space
they say
he is in his own little world
an alien
of some driftwood planet
they beg you to understand
there are so many galaxies
you are just one person
you cannot possibly expect
to reach him
but
you will walk as many moons as it takes
you will spin along the rings of every
red and cold planet
you will spend infinity among the stars
breaking down molecule by molecule
until you are only dust
and particles
if that’s what god asks of you
but you will find him
and you will bring him home
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OMG I love this – you will lift up every rug/
and every floorboard of space
“breaking down molecule by molecule
until you are only dust
and particles” I love this poem!
Great imagery. A really lovely poem.
This poem works on so many levels. It drew me into the heart of it and I had to sit with it for some time.
Lovely metaphor on lost.
Correction “loss”
Tenacity is absolutely a key attribute of an astronaut. Nicely done, Corey.