Sunday, July 5, 2009

High Flight



Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings,
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (September 1941)

Dreams #1


"Damn you CLEANER!!"

A fat lady sitting next to me, for some reason that I don't know, was shouting at me.

Where am I? I don't know for sure.
All I know was that I'm sitting in a car, a yellow cab probably. But I don't know where we are or where we're heading.

"That was a close one. Don't you think?"

"Sí. Exactamente. Yo no aviso que si no ver la marca."

Seems like the fat lady knew the driver well. I couldn't see his face but from his accent, I knew he's mexican or something.

"Do you know why your father gave you that name?"

I didn't answer her. I don't like talking to strangers.

"You're just the same as him. Maya. Exactly like him. Untraceable. He came at night and destroy the whole city by himself. A true warrior, they called him."

She sounds angry and upset. I don't know who she is talking about but it sounds like I heard this before.

"The first limpio."

The Beginning


This is just the beginning.
All this time, I felt I just can't take it anymore.
I felt like it's the worst thing in my life.
I felt like it's the best thing in my life.
I felt like I already knew everything.

But I realize it now, it hasn't started actually.
All of it was just,
Filling me with lithium, fluorine with hydrogen fuel.
Telling me the navigation route of a galactic trail.
Teaching me how to control, navigate & solve flight failures.

It was a JUST a 20-years-of-preparation, before I...
TAKE OFF!!!