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A river flows through,
broad meadows, green,
a colorful view
of a natural dream.

Water begins coursing
down steep hills serene,
comes the white water,
a kayaker's stream.

Mile after mile,
all the water will be,
as it makes its journey,
back to the broad sea.

Why have you stayed,
with me this long?
You know me best,
like words in a song.

A song so poignant today,
lyrics, melting your heart.
A song we will remember,
when we are apart.

If I say, I love you,
would you run or flee,
never to look back,
never to see,

my heart now broken,
into glass, colored red.
I know you understand,
I'm touched, in the head.

Crazy I am,
when thinking of thee.
I'll love you tomorrow,
then set you free.

You are my love,
the one I adore.
Can we go dancing,
as we did years before?

Sometimes, I believe
I have sawdust in my head,
no matter the time,
I crawl into bed.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid meteors streak along the northern summer Milky Way before dawn on Sunday, August 13. Frames used to construct the composited image were captured near the active annual meteor shower's peak between 02:00 AM and 04:30 AM local time. Not in this night skyscape, the shower's radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus is far above the camera's field of view. But fans of northern summer nights can still spot a familiar asterism. Formed by bright stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair, the Summer Triangle spans the luminous band of the Milky Way.

Photo by Under dark

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

It came from outer space. It -- in this case a sand-sized bit of a comet nucleus -- was likely ejected many years ago from Sun-orbiting Comet Swift-Tuttle, but then continued to orbit the Sun alone. When the Earth crossed through this orbit, the piece of comet debris impacted the atmosphere of our fair planet and was seen as a meteor. This meteor deteriorated, causing gases to be emitted that glowed in colors emitted by its component elements. The featured image was taken last week from Castilla La Mancha, Spain, during the peak night of the Perseids meteor shower. The picturesque meteor streak happened to appear in the only one of 50 frames that also included the Andromeda galaxy. Stars dot the frame, each much further away than the meteor. Compared to the stars, the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is, again, much further away.

Photo by Jose Pedrero

Words continue to tumble
from out of my head.
Me thinks it's now time
to return to my bed.

I hear a noise,
most welcoming to me,
the sounds of seagulls,
and crashing waves from the sea.

I imagine the smell,
of spray from the sea,
to this beautiful site,
on the sand where I'll be.

To walk on wet sand,
barefooted, I suppose,
at a relaxing place,
which everyone knows.