* * * * * * * 7 New Stars

Honoring the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia

Seven new stars

Seven new lights

Today I became

a better man in my life

Call it distress

Call it inspiration

Whatever it’s called

I’m changed

As a boy who loved the sky

the stars, the planets

What I’ve been thinking

is how it might have been me

And how incredibly lucky

and proud

and humble I’d be

to have lived a dream for us all.

(From the book Kairos)