Monday, September 21, 2009

On Sunday, September 13th, Captain Asaf Ramon, a young pilot who has just finished the course with distinction, fell down with his airplane during a routine practice flight. Asaf was the son of Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut who was killed with the Columbia in 2003.
We were speechless with grief.

A shooting star seared
our hearts, Asaf Ramon fell
down the same sky, same earth,
father and son both
flew high above the triviality of Ordinary



this is a poem by

Tammara Or Slilat


she is a member of the poetry kit with me.
she lives in Israel and when she sent this beautiful and heart touching poem in i asked if i could post it and the story behind it. she, being the gracious woman that she is ,agreed. this piece haunts me.

1 comment:

lisahgolden said...

That is beautiful. And such a heartwrenching thing.