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When days of old
are young again,
will be the time,
for "Let's pretend."
Pretend to fine,
your lost youth,
a body supple,
not long of tooth.
No aches or pain,
to mar the joy
of being again
young girl and boy.
So now, wish upon
the tree of love
and pray some more,
to your God above.

It was time,
life was here,
so many months,
so many years
gone by now.
Memories were there
and won't appear,
no matter when,
life was here.
Off we went
to a paradise
to love again,
before our demise.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

This cosmic skyscape features glowing gas and dark dust clouds along side the young stars of NGC 3572. A beautiful emission nebula and star cluster it sails far southern skies within the nautical constellation Carina. Stars from NGC 3572 are toward top center in the telescopic frame that would measure about 100 light-years across at the cluster's estimated distance of 9,000 light-years. The visible interstellar gas and dust is part of the star cluster's natal molecular cloud. Dense streamers of material within the nebula, eroded by stellar winds and radiation, clearly trail away from the energetic young stars. They are likely sites of ongoing star formation with shapes reminiscent of the Tadpoles of IC 410 better known to northern skygazers. In the coming tens to hundreds of millions of years, gas and stars in the cluster will be dispersed though, by gravitational tides and by violent supernova explosions that end the short lives of the massive cluster stars.

Photo by Carlos Taylor

Love was sweet,
short the year.
Love was lost
and would disappear.

A time in life
of lost memories,
erased, no longer here.
A marriage made of
memories cherished
by one, forgotten
by another, no longer
retained. What is the
feeling, I have now,
when there isn't an answer,
to affirm or disavow?

I need you now,
more than before.
I listen to you
while you implore,
to take you home,
where I'd like to be,
there on the morrow,
here is best for thee.

Far away
across the sea,
I ran away
to let you be,
the best there is
from far and wide,
to provide a kiss,
when you decide.

I saw a shadow,
in the hall it did appear,
it's when I realized,
that Death was near.

When words become weapons
and hurtful to you,
strengthen your resolve,
it's what you must do.

Don't rely on others,
who aren't loyal and true,
for the outcome in life
is a dependent on you.

You control your destiny,
have loyal friends, a few,
believing the good things,
know and trust you.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth's sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It's hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait though. Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. This deep image also finds NGC 3521 embedded in fainter, gigantic, bubble-like shells. The shells are likely tidal debris, streams of stars torn from satellite galaxies that have undergone mergers with NGC 3521 in the distant past.

Photo by Mark Hanson

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