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Always a great reason.
Always a great cause,
To read again, about
The Wizard of Oz.
To escape into a scene,
Inside the story book,
Only took a minute,
Having my first look.
Oh the stories there,
A vision of a past
Imagination and where
The stories were vast.

You're getting worse.
Certainly not better.
Dementia I hate,
Even the "D" letter.

I stand near you,
close by your side,
as you wash your face,
at another evening tide.
A sadness now,
creeps over me,
as my thoughts
are about the reverie.
Caring for you now,
for what I see,
is an older child
with a lost memory.
I will help you,
as much as I can,
but this loss of thee,
is breaking this man.

No more the words.
No more the "harrump."
I care not to discuss,
Donald J. Trump

It's been too long a journey,
as it nears the end.
No more this life of madness
of having to pretend,
to believe in the absolute goodness
of the almighty man.
Return me now to the land
where my life began.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What does the Earth look like during a total solar eclipse? It appears dark in the region where people see the eclipse, because that's where the shadow of the Moon falls. The shadow spot rapidly shoots across the Earth at nearly 2,000 kilometers per hour, darkening locations in its path -- typically for only a few minutes -- before moving on. The featured video shows the Earth during the total solar eclipse earlier this month. The time-lapse sequence, taken from a geostationary satellite, starts with the Earth below showing night but the sun soon rises at the lower right. Clouds shift as day breaks over the blue planet. Suddenly the circular shadow of the Moon appears on the left and moves rapidly across South America, disappearing on the lower right. The video ends as nightfall begins again. The next total solar eclipse will occur next December -- but be visible only from parts of Antarctica. Gallery: Notable images of the recent Total Solar Eclipse submitted to APOD

When Dawn's light shines through the pane.
When I mutter, "I slept in again."
I rise quickly, fast for me,
Before the daylight will flee,
For I have many tasks to do,
Before my next visit with you.

Don't run away.
Don't leave me too soon.
You must remember,
I promised you,
The Stars and the Moon.
Stay with me now.
Stay with me please,
For I beg forgiveness.
I'm down on my knees.
Praying for you Love.
You're what I need,
If I am to be able
To fulfill this need.

My mind is a wonder.
No it's not what I said.
The word is wander,
Not wonder. I'm here, not dead.
The eldest son of a second son,
my role in this World,
has work, which is still undone.
What do you make of the noise,
during these craziest of days,
when the Trump supporters
continue to support and praise,
for someone who does not
care about them and goes away.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

From afar, the whole thing looks like an Eagle. A closer look at the Eagle Nebula, however, shows the bright region is actually a window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of stars is being formed. In this cavity tall pillars and round globules of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still forming. Already visible are several young bright blue stars whose light and winds are burning away and pushing back the remaining filaments and walls of gas and dust. The Eagle emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away, spans about 20 light-years, and is visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). This picture involved over 12 hours of imaging and combines three specific emitted colors emitted by sulfur (colored as red), hydrogen (yellow), and oxygen (blue). Gallery: Notable images of the recent Total Solar Eclipse submitted to APOD

Photo by Nicolas Paladini

Photo Credit: David Torres Costales / Riobamba