tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-10:778397
Tea and Dragons
(the muse in the mirror)
vr_trakowski
2019-02-15T03:27:42Z
tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-10:778397:668713
Opportunity 2004-2019
2019-02-15T03:27:42Z
2019-02-15T03:27:42Z
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<div ng-if="p.content != ''" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Source Sans Pro", "Sans Serif"; font-size: 14px;"><div ng-bind-html="p.content | readMoreLink:p.original_post_id ? p.original_post_id : p.id" class="content ng-binding" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 10px 15px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(206, 206, 206); text-align: justify;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">We sent a vision to the god</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Of war, but in the name of peace.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Glass and metal, gears and rods</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">A hope that long outlived its lease.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">We saw a planet through its eye</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">No foot has trod; and yet, we walked</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Along its tracks on dust and rock</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">To wonder at an alien sky.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Science without heart is null</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">And so we loved this far-sent bot</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Our hopes packed into its hull</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Our dreams the thing for which it sought.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Fifteen years. And now the spark</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">That lit the path has sputtered out.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">But what it learned and brought about</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Will build us wings to cross the dark.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"> </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">We’re on our way. Someday we’ll see</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Once more - our Opportunity.</p></div></div> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=vr_trakowski&ditemid=668713" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments