( www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/slideshows/stars-200609p/slide7.cfm )
Let me travel through space and time
A shooting star across the sky
Let me tear apart the atmosphere
With burning propulsion faster than light
Let me know of the unknown
A mystery I have longed to solve
Take me there to see my face
How it fairs on my final day
Let me paint my dying breath
It will be my masterpiece
My vestige to the universe
A portrait of how I'll be remembered
The magnificence of a brilliant supernova
Beautiful colours of my destined death
I know now this is how it all will be
My future a remnant within my memory
Author notes
image used: www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/slideshows/stars-200609p/slide7.cfm
No particular form of poetry used.
Written October 27th, 2006
A contest entry
- Wonders of the Universe by Unca Goat.
300 points, ended November 4, 2006, 16 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Wishing to leave only a colorful memory as that of a star, how marvelous! Great depth of feeling you have shown here. Well Done!
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Well wishes in the contest
Linda
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