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When life springs eternal,
what about love?
Should we all play by
the rules from above?

If my memory serves me correctly,
as it usually does,
are you OK, if I remain,
with my feelings, because?

He walked the path
of Life again,
full of indifference,
never the twain.

To meet again,
in a World so lost.
Missing a chance
and the Holy Ghost.

Oh no,
please don't let it be,
for it looks like,
I'm losing my identity.

What else is happening,
what else can it be,
one more step to oblivion,
losing my personality.

What a bad duress
it gathers to be,
when I will no longer
know if I am me.

It was late in the Fall,
sitting, trying to amend,
my likes and dislikes
to keep from making mistakes again.

Thinking about this stage in life,
about the uncertainties we face,
during our brief time, in this reality.
Do we have compassion or a trace

of kindness, hidden within our being?
As members of the Human Race,
We need empathy and passion.
The well-being of others has a place.

Perhaps, this is by design,
when War or Genocide prevails.
Elimination of ethnicities, in battle
used to control over population, life fails.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Jupiter looks sharp in these two rooftop telescope images. Both were captured on November 17 from Singapore, planet Earth, about two weeks after Jupiter's 2023 opposition. Climbing high in midnight skies the giant planet was a mere 33.4 light-minutes from Singapore. That's about 4 astronomical units away. Jupiter's planet girdling dark belts and light zones are visible in remarkable detail, along with the giant world's whitish oval vortices. Its signature Great Red Spot is still prominent in the south. Jupiter rotates rapidly on its axis once every 10 hours. So, based on video frames taken only 15 minutes apart, these images form a stereo pair. Look at the center of the pair and cross your eyes until the separate images come together to see the Solar System's ruling gas giant in 3D.

Photo by Marco Lorenzi

Warm the Sun
on the back of my neck.
Heat which I needed
for I'm an emotional wreck.

Moments of remembrances
the events which I miss.
All of the hugging,
but especially a kiss.

What life will bring,
Death will take away.
Matters not the strength,
realizing, they will not stay.

Fast cars
and fast women
were never in my
vocabulary. Not now, not then.

I loved cars,
liking to drive fast.
Gas was cheap, but
tires wouldn't last.

This soul is lost,
he will survive
the mental challenges,
if he is to stay alive.

Many thoughts,
have turned to dust,
while his emotions,
are starting to rust.

So, what's the story,
here and now?
I must stay with her,
for I made a vow.

Born, we are.
Live, we do.
Love, we may.
Languish, we can.
Die, we will.