Strange that I will say goodbye before we’ve said hello

 

2016 will be exciting, too. Juno insertion into Jupiter orbit!

  

Voyager’s View

  

Saw the shore

Saw the shore
and kept on sailing
to the void.

The first close-up views

The first close-up views
Of our neighboring giant
Thank you, Pioneer!

Solitude

  

Over summer trees

Jupiter encased in blue

brief moment alone.

Tendrils and soft curls

 
Seen from a distance

all those tendrils and soft curls

briefer than a girl’s. 

Collective Awe

  

The kite

The kite
held its posture
against the 400 mph winds
as long as it could

leading edge
staring straight into a river
of hydrogen and helium
without blinking.

Sure the tail ripped off
and the whole bent spine
shattered

but piece by piece
off it went

little broken kite

into
hundred-year storms
and eddies.

I therefore waited for the next night