Dedicated to the thousands that invest decades toward  exploration as a human necessity!

Perseverance

I saw a bright light in his eyes
as he told me he had to leave.
He needed to follow his dream
… there was life out there!
… not “if” there was life out there,
and he would find it.
Brilliant engineer and team leader
with unbounded passion.
Not unlike a kid that says he’ll play for the Yankees
but no, much more so, with a plan and preparation,
not in the sense that you or I see.
But in a swirl of ideas, a grand quest
which makes us extraordinary.
This is the best of humanity
it is poetry, art, a higher purpose.
On the shoulders of thousands and more
to lead where few could go… to persevere.

I saw those same eyes, decades later, above a mask
In mission control and as
Perseverance touched down
I saw this light still burned bright