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My orbit, once stable,
is slipping towards,
oblivion, the sweet
sound of lost dreams.

One life is ending,
one life, lies undirected,
sliding into lost
memories of oblivion.

I wrest my feelings
of memories, with thee,
from out my heart,
so unfortunately.

Life's dreams
of us together,
are now gone,
briefly like the weather.

Thoughts invade,
my aging brain.
Same as before,
I missed the train.

In she walks,
an older woman,
probably born,
before I began.

From blue to red,
he said to me. "It's
where I plan,
not to be.

I know when things,
are not all right
and must adjust
to our eyesight.

Let me see,
the way you are,
still afoot and
can't afford a car.

Away I went,
engine a wail,
realizing not
I left a trail.

So, I was told,
to no avail,
to leave evidence,
of mental jail.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

What created this unusual space ribbon? The answer: one of the most violent explosions ever witnessed by ancient humans. Back in the year 1006 AD, light reached Earth from a stellar explosion in the constellation of the Wolf (Lupus), creating a "guest star" in the sky that appeared brighter than Venus and lasted for over two years. The supernova, now cataloged at SN 1006, occurred about 7,000 light years away and has left a large remnant that continues to expand and fade today. Pictured here is a small part of that expanding supernova remnant dominated by a thin and outwardly moving shock front that heats and ionizes surrounding ambient gas. The supernova remnant SN 1006 now has a diameter of nearly 60 light years.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

This pretty nebula lies some 1,500 light-years away, its shape and color in this telescopic view reminiscent of a robin's egg. The cosmic cloud spans about 3 light-years, nestled securely within the boundaries of the southern constellation Fornax. Recognized as a planetary nebula, egg-shaped NGC 1360 doesn't represent a beginning though. Instead it corresponds to a brief and final phase in the evolution of an aging star. In fact, visible at the center of the nebula, the central star of NGC 1360 is known to be a binary star system likely consisting of two evolved white dwarf stars, less massive but much hotter than the Sun. Their intense and otherwise invisible ultraviolet radiation has stripped away electrons from the atoms in their mutually surrounding gaseous shroud. The predominant blue-green hue of NGC 1360 seen here is the strong emission produced as electrons recombine with doubly ionized oxygen atoms.

Photo by Dong Liang

Yesterday, August 4th,
I signed papers,
to admit my wife,
into Home Hospice.

I am unable to explain,
my sadness, at this moment,
nor shall I try as,
my emotions are spent.

When flowers bend
with wind, slight,
sunlight precedes
oncoming night.

Winds will blow,
tree limbs shake,
for beauty is now,
when I'm awake.

Far below, the surface live,
resides a being, inside
our body, coming from I know
not where it will reside.

When the time comes to
find the unexplained source,
a finding will be printed,
for it is important. Of course.

Do not be alarmed if you find
there is something bothering you
for may be the great equalizer
which we will pursue.

If you are afraid, or express doubt
you will find something new,
a newer, remodeled version
of the same as always you.