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Forgotten
and forlorn,
since the day,
I was born.

Coming into this world,
back in my day,
was being born and
delivered on the dining
room table, by a midwife.

Humble beginnings,
no money for play,
but warmth and comfort,
was there every day.

The depression was
hard on all around,
yet they toiled at work,
if it could be found.

Not much money,
you could hear them say,
when a good wage, could
be a dollar a day.

Pay yourself first
was the rave,
a hard thing to do,
trying to save.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the head of the meteor. For another, the galaxy is much farther away -- in this instance 3 million light years as opposed to only about 0.0003 light seconds. Even so, the meteor's path took it angularly below the galaxy. Also the wind high in Earth's atmosphere blew the meteor's glowing evaporative molecule train away from the galaxy, in angular projection. Still, the astrophotographer was quite lucky to capture both a meteor and a galaxy in a single exposure -- which was subsequently added to two other images of M33 to bring up the spiral galaxy's colors. At the end, the meteor was gone in a second, but the galaxy will last billions of years. Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday? (post 1995)

Photo by Aman Chokshi

The ancient river,
flooding across its span,
the river older than
a Native man.

Deep within the alluvial plain,
waters surged, eroding soil.
When the rivers course changed,
a new channel from Natures toil.

Life moves on,
away from here,
to another place.
Some place dear.

When the Worldly
places, where we live,
are no longer here,
then move to land above.

As a life's time expires,
it's time to deal with a cost.
A cost of time, a loss of friends,
as the family prays to the Holy Ghost.

Seek salvation,
in these final days,
singing of joy
and to praise,

your God, who you
will surely see,
as life ends
and your Soul is free.

Topics change
as life advances,
to a different place,
with fewer chances.

Adapt you should,
for its best for you,
to understand what,
in life, you will do.

Come with me, my friend,
to a land far away,
where we return to our youth,
playing games every day.

A place, we will love,
above all the rest.
Where friends are friends,
unlike all of the rest.

There is no hatred,
where we will soon go,
just love for others,
as we live out life's show.

Are you ready to,
take the next move?
To play like a child,
with nothing to lose.

Sometimes we forget,
we were to drain the swamp,
when you are up to your neck,
in alligators.
Re-focus on your goals.

Stay strong, my friend,
you must do so every day,
for if you weaken,
your dream goes away.

I have too many words,
stuck in my head.
Some about youthful dreams,
and about looking ahead.

Why look ahead,
you have been told the news,
"Your life choices are over,
You can no longer choose."

I can still find a way,
to fight this disease, and choose,
a path of courage,
to win and not lose.

I choose life,
above all the rest,
to fight the good fight,
by becoming my best.