Name: Columbia
Duration: P00H04M27S
Description: On February 1st 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry. I watched it happen on live T.V. (in between rounds at a chess tournament of all places) and years later, wrote this in tribute.

Columbia

from An Ear to Listen, a Heart to Hear by Benn T. Wilson

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On February 1st 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon re-entry. I watched it happen on live T.V. (in between rounds at a chess tournament of all places) and years later, wrote this in tribute.

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Streamers are strung, the party’s been planned,
family and friends, reporters and fans,
all come to see, Columbia fly,
the little white dot, enter the sky.

I enter the hall, another round down,
out came a call, a spectacle sound,
a little black box, on a little brown case,
and the the little white dot etched on everyone’s face.

And softly I cry, the wind blows, the angels,
I watch as they die, the white dot small implodes,
the newscaster drags on the crime that I felt,
one round to go but the checkmate’s already been dealt,
the checkmate's already been dealt.

The sun shines bright on a cold and dark hour,
but i cant take my eyes off the meteor shower.
i thought to myself, if I could fly,
would i break and burn as I entered the sky?

And slowly I realize I’m helpless to act,
I can't save their lives, I can't hold them back.
A life that has nothing to do with me,
can't stop me from staggering in the debris.

Streamers torn down, left with a pale stain,
thoughts leave my mind, seven remain.
My knees hit the floor as the flames crease the sky,
then break down and weep, as Columbia dies.

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from An Ear to Listen, a Heart to Hear, released August 22, 2013

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