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Harvesting stars
from the skies up above,
is a new journey
for the one I love.

A trail of glory
up in the sky,
for my true love,
I must try.

Diamonds of brilliance
are gems I see.
Collecting, my role,
gathering for thee.

Your always be away,
not too near or far.
I will reap a bounty
for I love who you are.

Words will lay useless,
like junk in a drawer.
Put them on paper,
meaningful they are.

Words may be whispered,
while slipping away,
Write down your words
when having a great day.

Words can be shouted
in an angry outburst
and sharpness is hurtful,
may make your life worst.

Soft soothing words
comfort and won't break.
Choosing words tactfully,
can lessen a heart ache.

Be brave tomorrow,
write love words of rejoice,
not those of hate.
Bring forth a new voice.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Can the night sky be both art and science? If so, perhaps the featured image is an example. The digital panorama was composed of 10 landscape and 10 sky images all taken on the same night, from the same location, and with the same camera. Iconic features in the image have been artfully brightened, and the ground nearby was artfully illuminated. Visible in the foreground is the creative photographer anchoring an amazing view from the rugged Lofoten Islands of Norway, two months ago, by holding a lamp. Far in the distance are three prominent arches: our Milky Way Galaxy on the left, while a scientifically-unusual double-arced aurora is documented on the right. A meteor is highlighted between them. Other notable skylights include, left to right, the Andromeda Galaxy, the planet Jupiter, the star Vega, and the stars that compose the Big Dipper asterism.

Photo by Giulio Cobianchi

Will we ever be
at a place in time,
where it becomes
a basic courtesy,
to love another,
without the stigma,
of presumed guilt
of infidelity?

"A pleasingly disorienting foray into the fundamental perplexity of life".

Old Proverb: Most all things come with conditions, albeit hidden or unseen.

Lonely is the evening,
Lonely is the night.
Lonely is the morning,
At Dawn's early light.

Why must there be sadness?
Why must there be grief?
Why must love go missing,
Why's memory stolen by a thief.

I laid next to you,
almost every night.
I no longer can do that
and thus is my plight.

I miss you so much,
my life is a fright.
How will I survive,
not seeing you at night?

Oh, what a joy.
Oh, what a sight,
Seeing an old friend,
when out last night.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Is there a monster in IC 1396? Known to some as the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, parts of gas and dust clouds of this star formation region may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human. The only real monster here, however, is a bright young star too far from Earth to hurt us. Energetic light from this star is eating away the dust of the dark cometary globule near the top of the featured image. Jets and winds of particles emitted from this star are also pushing away ambient gas and dust. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers a much larger region on the sky than shown here, with an apparent width of more than 10 full moons.

Photo by Bernard Miller

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. The featured picture, an attempt to show how Io would appear in the "true colors" perceptible to the average human eye, was taken in 1999 July by the Galileo spacecraft that orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. Io's colors derive from sulfur and molten silicate rock. The unusual surface of Io is kept very young by its system of active volcanoes. The intense tidal gravity of Jupiter stretches Io and damps wobbles caused by Jupiter's other Galilean moons. The resulting friction greatly heats Io's interior, causing molten rock to explode through the surface. Io's volcanoes are so active that they are effectively turning the whole moon inside out. Some of Io's volcanic lava is so hot it glows in the dark. Artemis 1 Coverage: Orion return and splashdown

I went out, alone,
all by myself.
The first time in years,
being my jolly old self.

Off to the VFW
for music and drink,
on best behavior,
that's what I think.

Music was playing
and I listened more,
as many couples
were on the dance floor.

I didn't dance,
didn't want to,
unless it was with my
beloved, that's you.