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Great the wind,
flowing down
from mountain pass.
Button up!

It's been such a long time,
it's been a great while,
since I had the opportunity
of seeing you smile.

Your smile, so unique,
a wonderful style,
with your smile and eyes,
you used to beguile.

Please stay with me,
at least for a time,
I need you always,
to stay and be mine.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Ringed planet Saturn will be at its 2023 opposition, opposite the Sun in Earth's skies, on August 27. While that puts the sixth planet from the Sun at its brightest and well-placed for viewing, its beautiful ring system isn't visible to the unaided eye. Still, this sequence of telescopic images taken a year apart over the last six years follows both Saturn and rings as seen from inner planet Earth. The gas giant's ring plane tilts from most open in 2018 to approaching edge-on in 2023 (top to bottom). That's summer to nearly the autumn equinox for Saturn's northern hemisphere. In the sharp planetary portraits, Saturn's northern hexagon and a large storm system are clearly visible in 2018. In 2023, ice moon Tethys is transiting, casting its shadow across southern hemisphere cloud bands, while Saturn's cold blue south pole is emerging from almost a decade of winter darkness.

Photo by Andy Casely

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