Hovering high aloft in the infinite sky,
Alone in the splendor, steadfastly vigilant,
I have perched out here with eye wide open,
Filtering the dim flashes of the firmament,
Divulging how the Heavens are stitched.
Peering attentively into the vast emptiness,
I have captured myriads of fusion furnaces,
The raindrops of the great celestial clouds.
Dutifully I have gauged light years radiance
Deeply distant folds of colliding galaxies,
The whirling and swirling rings of nebulae,
Jagged asteroids, and other space roamers–
A kaleidoscope of color and hues,
An ecstatic dance of timelessness itself.
Displaying a universe of 13.7 billion years,
Attesting the speeding up of its expansion,
Demonstrating how planets are born,
Picturing planets orbiting stars,
Finding organics on distant worlds,
Discovering moons around tiny Pluto,
Catching a comet colliding with Jupiter,
I have achieved these and much more!
So you’d think all this would satisfy;
But people are people, they want more.
With five visits already by the docs,
My powers, sight coming up short,
Some say I am no longer up to it,
Unable to stretch farther and better.
So out I must go to eternal pasture
And be content to sit on my laurels.
A new kid has arrived on the block:
Move over Edwin! Jimmie is here!
Now what dazzling, delightful discoveries
Will that dandy newcomer deliver?
© 2022, Kenneth Koziol. All rights reserved.
