Space Explorer Quotes

“I've gone from "sole-surviving space explorer" to "guy with wacky new roommate." It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Cosmic Voyager by Stewart Stafford

I was the new Ulysses,
Petals on a tide of darkness,
Cast to bloom among the stars,
Wilted, off the world's edge.

Lieutenant General Tommy P.,
Name, rank and serial oblivion,
My wife and hurricanes called me,
Memories of love kept me going.

I found myself fading adrift,
Dying far beyond the reach,
Of human hands and hearts,
In withering away, I found all.

They threw flags of all nations,
To reel in a drowning person;
One last breath for man,
One lungful of air for Mankind.

Falling from a height too high,
Never landing when I should,
Tumbling endlessly beyond nausea,
To an ethereally crowded firmament.

As water swirls down a plughole,
I touched the edges of existence,
And found the meaning of life,
In silent rocks of an alien planet.

In the speckled starling womb profound,
Self-love filled the void around.

© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford