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He controls the evening.
He controls the night.
He controls the weather.
He controls the sunlight.

He controls your interest,
even all the TV's,
for he's the master of ceremonies,
for everything, with ease.

Sitting in my chair,
staring out the window.
Looking at the ceiling,
pondering what is the next step,
during this crazy life's journey..

I have Stage 4, Pancreatic Cancer,
with perhaps, months to live.
How did I get in this mess?

My Oncologist does not want
to shorten my quality of life.
Neither do I, so there will not be
any Chemo or Radiation.
I am ok with that. It will allow
me to say farewell to my friends.

I do not plan on giving up. I will fight
this disease for as long as I can.
In the interim, I will enjoy my life,
to the fullest.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Where do Perseid meteors come from? Mostly small bits of stony grit, Perseid meteoroids were once expelled from Comet Swift-Tuttle and continue to follow this comet's orbit as they slowly disperse. The featured animation depicts the entire meteoroid stream as it orbits our Sun. When the Earth nears this stream, as it does every year, the Perseid Meteor Shower occurs. Highlighted as bright in the animation, comet debris this size is usually so dim it is practically undetectable. Only a small fraction of this debris will enter the Earth's atmosphere, heat up and disintegrate brightly. Tonight and the next few nights promise some of the better skies to view the Perseid shower as well as other active showers because the first quarter moon will be absent from the sky from midnight onward. Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)

Shared by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American

A story, from long ago,
of how words, will start to flow,
from this mind, likes to craze,
about a word used for days.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Messier 20, popularly known as the Trifid Nebula, lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A star forming region in the plane of our galaxy, the Trifid does illustrate three different types of astronomical nebulae; red emission nebulae dominated by light from hydrogen atoms, blue reflection nebulae produced by dust reflecting starlight, and dark nebulae where dense dust clouds appear in silhouette. The reddish emission region, roughly separated into three parts by obscuring dust lanes, is what lends the Trifid its popular name. The cosmic cloud complex is over 40 light-years across and would cover the area of a full moon on planet Earth's sky. But the Trifid Nebula is too faint to be seen by the unaided eye. Over 75 hours of image data captured under dark night skies was used to create this stunning telescopic view. Watch: The Perseid Meteor Shower

Photo by Robert Edelmaier and Gabriele Gegenbauer

When love was blind,
you moved away.
There was no notice
and I had to pray,

About where you were.
No one spoke, they wouldn't say,
of why you left,
and moved away.

You did not say farewell,
leaving me alone, another day.
Dementia, its ugly face,
took your soul far away.

Now I sit,
trying to recall,
the sweetest memories.
We had it all.

There is nothing in this world,
I wouldn't do for you.
A compulsion, perhaps,
but it's what I do.

You are the person,
I find to be true.
Oh, how I wish, again,
I could be talking to you.

A spanner wrench,
an abandoned boat.
A picture of vessel,
which would again float.

Pull it apart,
as you can see,
the wrench is nothing,
the boat won't see the sea.

Sliding into depression,
day by day.
I know the reason,
but I won't say.

A personal matter,
one who I thought as a friend,
will not reply to my query,
or has it become a "Let's Pretend?"

Have I offended you,
did I misbehave,
or was it another reason,
making the situation, grave?