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I have lost my vision of today,
I've lost the path; lost my way.
I'll look again, at least once more,
Expecting opportunity knocking at my door.

I take the pen.
I write the verse
Of how I feel,
When things are worse.
I will not run.
I will not hide,
As long as you
Are by my side.

I've lost some weight.
I didn't try,
To lose this much for
This old guy.
It's OK for me to say,
As I reply,
I can now see my toes,
When I try.

The heart will always know
where it would like to go.
The brain, has the pain,
saying No more, once again.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Where do Geminid meteors come from? In terms of location on the sky, as the featured image composite beautifully demonstrates, the sand-sized bits of rock that create the streaks of the Geminids meteor shower appear to flow out from the constellation of Gemini. In terms of parent body, Solar System trajectories point to the asteroid 3200 Phaethon -- but this results in a bit of a mystery since that unusual object appears mostly dormant. Perhaps, 3200 Phaethon undergoes greater dust-liberating events than we know. Over 50 meteors including a bright fireball were captured during the peak of the 2015 Geminids Meteor Shower streaking above Xinglong Observatory in China. The Geminids of December are one of the most predictable and active meteor showers. This year's Geminids peak tonight and should be particularly good because, in part, the nearly new Moon will only rise toward dawn and so not brighten the sky.

Photo by Steed YuNightChina.net

On a cold and beautiful December day

Go into the darkest night,
flashlight in hand.
Look for your life's truth
and you will understand,
the sadness of others
you can provide a hand.

May I talk to you
about the tree, Yew?

Here I am, once more,
it is 5 in the morning
of the day before.
Don't you worry, it is just me
ridding my mind, peripherally.
The words rattle out, many now
as I have fallen into lunacy.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

During this northern summer Saturn and Jupiter were both near opposition, opposite the Sun in planet Earth's sky. Their paired retrograde motion, seen about every 20 years, is followed from 19 June through 28 August in this panoramic composite as they wander together between the stars in western Capricornus and eastern Sagittarius. But this December's skies find them drawing even closer together. Jupiter and Saturn are now close, bright celestial beacons in the west after sunset. On solstice day December 21 they will reach their magnificent 20 year Great Conjunction. Then the two largest worlds in the Solar System will appear in Earth's sky separated by only about 1/5 the apparent diameter of a Full Moon.

Photo by Tunc Tezel

When the words spill from old me,
my brain is now, running on empty.
Random thoughts, peruse this old man's brain,
the train left the station, here I remain.