words about music, music about life
(liner notes for track 4)
Born from humble roots in Karnal, India, Kalpana Chawla traveled one of the longest and hardest roads to become an American astronaut. Though small in stature, she became hugely known the world over as “Kalpana” or “K.C.”, the Indian girl who against all odds wanted to become an aerospace engineer, the Indian girl who wanted to fly and explore and who persevered to make it happen.
Continue reading “Kalpana”(liner notes for track 5)
They were coming home.
They were coming home to us,
where we were waiting
so proudly and assuredly.
Continue reading “We Remember”
(liner notes for track 6)
He is the son
who puts his anger aside
and bravely chooses to wear a flight suit
just like his father wore.
She is the daughter
who helps her mother to cope
whenever they think of
the wedding ring
that was never found
in all the fields of Texas.
Continue reading “Heroes”
(liner notes for track 7)
It’s been a year,
or two, or more it seems,
and you’re missing them,
again…
those heroes in your life
who are now gone from your life…
missing them, again,
especially one,
one who shined so brightly,
one who was so very close