Postcard from Mars

To Whom,

That air you have about you! Such immeasurable glow. You carry it well, a blush, a fresh coif. And your body—so inhabited? I call out from my desert(ed!) soul, warred by wind and sand. Oh, the memories, thinned, erased!

If I could tell you what I once knew—

If my grief could save you—

M.

NASA image of Earth from Mars. From site: This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd martian day, or sol, of its mission. Earth is the tiny white dot in the center. The image is a mosaic of images taken by the rover's navigation camera showing a broad view of the sky, and an image taken by the rover's panoramic camera of Earth. The contrast in the panoramic camera image was increased two times to make Earth easier to see. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05560     Photo Credit:NASA/JPL/Cornell

Source: NASA Earth Observatory image by Robert Simmon, using Suomi NPP VIIRS imagery from NOAA's Environmental Visualization Laboratory.

I've had this sitting in my "drafts" file for years. Never published it, I guess because the photos weren't mine...