Kalpana, born in India: yet died
More distant from it than any of us
Here--- ending as a meteor that shocked
The world she orbited; and all because
The deadly angle of a fragile craft
Met with an unforgiving atmosphere
Resisting its arrival, to inflict
Bright disintegration, all pictured clear.
I only know Kalpana's image from
A newspaper: but I pray her spirit
Will have peace, her family, relief. To them,
And all in India who mourn--- comfort