Seek the twin
Separated at birth
Second planet
Sister of Earth
Sealed in our place
Hearts nearly stopping
Countdown race
Seconds dropping
All systems go
Fiery thrust
Rumbling earth
Liftoff crust
Gravity well
Shaking ascent
Bodies swell
Boosters spent
Atmosphere thinning
Darkness looms
Now free floating
Return to womb
Into the mystic
Van Allen belt
Shielded through
Radiation pelt
Cross the void
Celestial equator
Plain of the ecliptic
Robot navigator
Ahead bright light
No companion
Lonely sight
Planet abandoned
Orbit insertion
Lightening strobe
Venus atmosphere
Send in probe
Through acid clouds
Telemetry in scope
Lack of carbon
No terraform hope
Hotter than Mercury
Pressure too great
Volcanic fury
We’re far too late
No solution
Leave her sleeping
Failed mission
Celestial bodies weeping
Venus in poetry… It’s star-like effect here on earth is deceiving…
By: coolwaterworks on June 18, 2008
at 10:49 am
When I was a child before the era of space exploration Venus was the planet that captured the imagination. Most people thought the second planet from the sun was the most similar to Earth and had the best chance to support life. I remember experiencing some sadness when space probe fly bys started to reveal the hellish nature of the planet lurking underneath the obscuring clouds.
Now scientists believe that eons ago Venus was very similar to the Earth with planet wide oceans etc.
My Sister Mission is an attempt to recapture the feelings I had for the planet as a child.
By: post4apocalypse on June 18, 2008
at 4:00 pm