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No more of love,
where has it gone?
Will the words written,
be heard in a song?

All our memories,
thoughts of the past,
are good for me.
Yours didn't last.

Why must those dreams
vanish in the Sun,
when both our thoughts
merge into one?

Sitting, I gaze out the window,
sunshine's bright glare,
reflecting off windowpane,
making my life more aware.

Along the shore,
a fine seaside,
I long to be.
A one-way ride.

My feet in wet sand,
my heart with you.
If you aren't here,
what must I do?

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Stars are forming in the gigantic dust pillar called the Cone Nebula. Cones, pillars, and majestic flowing shapes abound in stellar nurseries where clouds of gas and dust are sculpted by energetic winds from newborn stars. The Cone Nebula, a well-known example, lies within the bright galactic star-forming region NGC 2264. The featured image of the Cone was captured recently combining 24-hours of exposure with a half-meter telescope at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Located about 2,500 light-years away toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros), the Cone Nebula's conical pillar extends about 7 light-years. The massive star NGC 2264 IRS, is the likely source of the wind sculpting the Cone Nebula and lies off the top of the image. The Cone Nebula's reddish veil is produced by glowing hydrogen gas. Discovery + Outreach: Graduate student research position open for APOD

Photo by Matthew Dieterich

"...The Washington Legislature is asserting that legislators have a previously unknown personal privilege to withhold from public disclosure the documents they use in their work for the people. No such “legislative privilege” applies to legislative records. Read more

I am hurting so bad,
as she is slipping away.
Sad when I sleep
as her love doesn't stay.

Let me say tomorrow,
what wasn't said today.
I will grant you wishes,
which you'll never pay.

Sanctify my life today,
as I move to the morrow,
along the pathway,
of our life of sorrow.

A risk taker,
is what I are.
Taking some risks,
driving my car.

Taking you away
to some place far.
I need you now,
my guiding star.

Why must fate
be an ugly brew?
Follow your heart,
love will be true.

Oh, Winter times,
extra eating I berate,
for I must try anew,
having to lose weight.

"The aroma of fried chicken and biscuits roused my appetite as the country sounds of Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson and Johnny Cash played over the loudspeakers.... I was ... in rural Brazil, at the "Festa Confederada" – the “Confederate Party” – an annual celebration of southern U.S. heritage held each April in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, in São Paulo state. Read more

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Comet ZTF may become visible to the unaided eye. Discovered early last year, this massive snowball has been brightening as it approaches the Sun and the Earth. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be closest to the Sun later this week, at which time it may become visible even without binoculars to northern observers with a clear and dark sky. As they near the Sun, comet brightnesses are notoriously hard to predict, though. In the featured image taken last week in front of a picturesque star field, three blue ion tails extend to the upper right, likely the result of a variable solar wind on ions ejected by the icy comet nucleus. The comet's white dust tail is visible to the upper left and much shorter. The green glow is the comet's coma, caused by glowing carbon gas. Comet ZTF is expected to pass nearest the Earth in early February, after which it should dim dramatically. Discovery + Outreach: Graduate student research position open for APOD

Photo by Jose Francisco Hernández