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Through the open window,
over the bright painted sill,
on a trip to Na Na land,
at the end of Mulberry Hill.

A brand-new adventure,
stuck within my mind.
I hope those I see there,
will not be too unkind.

Long rows of Violets,
absorbing the noonday Sun,
will I love this place until
my life is over and done?

I hope I do,
for the story I've been told,
it's a wonderful place
for those of us who are old.

Life is short,
full of many treasures now.
Times change and here you are,
unable to maintain your vow.

She is gone,
away from thee.
You will never more,
her face to see.

Loneliness becomes
a part of your life,
for you no longer have,
your beautiful wife.

I miss you,
my darling soul,
but will soon be there,
and we'll be whole.

The finality of life,
as we know it today,
will soon change,
and go away.

It's OK for in this,
our life's cycle here,
will bring forth a
time which we held dear.

Life must end,
this we know.
I wish to exit quietly,
as my final show.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

A supermoon occurred yesterday. And tonight's moon should also look impressive. Supermoons appear slightly larger and brighter than most full moons because they reach their full phase when slightly nearer to the Earth -- closer than 90 percent of all full moons. This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is the third of four full moons occurring during a single season. Blue moons are not usually blue, and a different definition holds that a blue moon is the second full moon that occurs during a single month. The featured image captured the blue supermoon right near its peak size yesterday as it was rising beyond the Temple of Poseidon in Greece. This supermoon is particularly unusual in that it is the first of four successive supermoons, the next three occurring in September, October, and November.

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What happens tomorrow,
if the Sun never comes.
Will I still be breathing,
will I become the one?

You can't predict the future.
These words ring true, for me,
for if I could, I would find,
the beautiful, lovely thee.

Why speculate about,
a day which may never come
for no matter what happens,
my time will be done.

Is life as strange
as it seems,
or is this just another,
case of perpetual dreams?

I don't know,
and will not reply,
for if I do,
perhaps, I will die.

From edge of light,
on an Autumn morn,
new love takes flight,
while you're reborn.

May you walk through,
shadowed fields, unfazed,
until you achieve,
you're best of days.

May worry never find you,
in a place of anywhere,
when your soul vanishes,
into the Spring air.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. Soaring high in northern summer night skies, it's located some 4,000 light years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by young, hot stars, and dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star found near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. A 48-hour long integration resulted in this exceptionally deep color view tracing tantalizing features within and surrounding the dusty stellar nursery.

Photo by Luis Romero Ventura