April 3, 2012
Space Is My Mistress
Seeing as how April is National Poetry Month….
Space is My Mistress
Space is my Mistress,
and she beckons my return.
Since our departure I think of you
and yearn to fly across the heavens arm in arm.
I marvel at your figure,
defined by the edges of continents.
You gaze at me with turquoise eyes,
perhaps mistaken for ocean atolls.
You tease me to fall into your bosom,
sculptured by tectonic rifts,
only to move away as if playing some tantalizing game.
Time and time we turn together,
through day, and night, and day,
repeating encounters every 90 minutes with a freshness,
as if we have never seen our faces before.
We stroll outside together,
enveloped by naked cosmos,
filled with desire to be one.
So close,
you sense my every breath,
which masks your stare through visor haze.
We dance on the swirls of cloud tops,
while skirting the islands of blue.
You know my heart beats fast for you.
Oh, Space is my mistress,
and when our orbits coincide,
we will once again make streaks of aurora across the sky.
Gorgeous. You’ve captured words to describe the layers of human thrill that draw us to this passion, and it’s so refreshing to see it reflected in this lovely, artistic way.
Comment by Julie — April 5, 2012 @ 10:44 am
[...] Astronaut, Don Pettit, living on the International Space Station tries his hand at writing a poem for National Poetry Month. The poem is titled Space is my Mistress. [...]
Pingback by Welcome to National Poetry Month! « Cult. Bomb — April 5, 2012 @ 5:28 pm
so nice,have a good time in space
Comment by Nulek Sun — April 5, 2012 @ 10:51 pm
[...] would have noticed that Don Pettit posted a second poem written onboard the ISS last week titled Space Is My Mistress. #bbpBox_187548156295258113 a { text-decoration:none; color:#FF0000; }#bbpBox_187548156295258113 [...]
Pingback by More space poetry — April 11, 2012 @ 11:55 pm
“which masks your stare through visor haze”
such a great verse, captures the moment to the fullest. peace and respect from istanbul.
Comment by otokopi — April 16, 2012 @ 12:01 pm
That is beautiful
I never knew astronauts wrote poetry.
Comment by Ami — May 1, 2012 @ 10:40 pm
[...] artist’s soul to write poetry. NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit tweeted this picture and wrote this poem for National Poetry Month. I really liked both and combined the two for you here. Photo [...]
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