I have been to heaven and hell.
My strength forged on the fiery surface of Mercury.
Within the bounds of our solar system,
I have been a space cadet.
My steel was tempered by the light of cosmic energies.
Rebirthed countless times,
like the infernos of the very sun itself.
I will explore beyond the outer planets,
further than the Kuiper Belt,
delving deeper still
into outerspace,
to return one day
with images to share
and stories to tell.
The masses echoeing
my experience,
my expressions,
my emotion.
My existence as a human being,
a space man,
on an oddysy of
discovey.

Travis Rogers

*Travis submitted this poem to the blog last year. Unfortunately, health constraints prevented us from posting it until today. My apologies to our audience and to Travis –Blog Editors