https://vr-trakowski.dreamwidth.org/ Tea and Dragons - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:27:42 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios vr_trakowski personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/797755/778397 https://vr-trakowski.dreamwidth.org/ 80 100 https://vr-trakowski.dreamwidth.org/668713.html Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:27:42 GMT https://vr-trakowski.dreamwidth.org/668713.html <div ng-if="p.content != &#39;&#39;" class="ng-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: &quot;Source Sans Pro&quot;, &quot;Sans Serif&quot;; 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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">We&rsquo;re on our way. Someday we&rsquo;ll see</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;">Once more - our Opportunity.</p></div></div>&nbsp;<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 https://vr-trakowski.dreamwidth.org/668713.html mars rover opportunity public 0