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My Mind
• 01/16/22 at 09:25PM •My mind has gone stale.
New ideas do not appear.
I'm locked in a mental jail.
No thoughts, it's just the fear,
of the virus, hot on our trail.
I will take a break
from this writing weakness.
It's been a good ride
but I am mentally drained.
I apologize in advance
taking a break.
MFish
A Comment by Loy
They say a break is as good as a rest, and we all can use a break now and then… I hope your break will be good for you and that it will help you to recharge. Thank you for sharing all your wonderful writings - I feel privileged to enjoy reading them. I look forward to seeing what your next chapter brings, be it poetry, art or just staying connected. ❤️❤️
A Comment by MFish
Loy Thank you for the kind words. All the "stuff" I have been dealing, finally caught up. As always you know me better than most> I love you dear friend for over the years and for your understanding of this change.
I Need to Return
• 01/16/22 at 09:21PM •I need to return to the Sea.
To a place, on the Oregon Coast.
A small Inn, close to the beach.
Hearing Gulls cry, smell the salt air.
Walking the beach on warm sand,
down near the water, icy cold.
Take into my senses, sights odors and sound,
relaxing for the moment, on blanket covered sand.
while reflecting upon the loneliest time,
about a life of memories of mine.
Bask in the Sun, enjoying the day,
watching the tide start ebbing away.
A Comment by Loy
The sensations of the beach are hypnotic, relaxing and healing - such a nice poem…
A Comment by MFish
Agree. There is something about the Coast that keeps me wanting to go back.
Golden the Flowers
• 01/16/22 at 09:05PM •Golden the flowers,
kissed by the Sun,
providing Spring beauty,
to all, to everyone.
Daffodils, Hyacinth and Tulips,
will soon be in bloom,
when the weather warms
Long
• 01/16/22 at 09:00PM •Long was the river,
down from the hills.
A grand old river
of yellow Daffodils/
My Love
• 01/16/22 at 08:59PM •My love grew stronger
with every passing day,
until the disease Dementia,
stole her mind away.
The love we had
over these 64 years,
vanished from her mind,
amidst all my fears.
How can it be
a life lived and well done,
when it's your memory
becomes the only one.
Yet, she will say,
"I love you"
every waking day,
until it's tomorrow,
it's all gone away.
A Comment by Loy
❤️
A Comment by MFish
Thank you. I've discovered some items I have written but hadn't put on Kudos.
What Kind of World
• 01/16/22 at 08:59PM •What kind of World,
in which we live,
causes this much anger.
Will we ever forgive?
A Retreating Thunderstorm at Sunset
• 01/16/22 at 12:16PM •NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:
What type of cloud is that? This retreating cumulonimbus cloud, more commonly called a thundercloud, is somewhat unusual as it contains the unusual bumpiness of a mammatus cloud on the near end, while simultaneously producing falling rain on the far end. Taken in mid-2013 in southern Alberta, Canada, the cloud is moving to the east, into the distance, as the sun sets in the west, behind the camera. In the featured image, graphic sunset colors cross the sky to give the already photogenic cloud striking orange and pink hues. A darkening blue sky covers the background. Further in the distance, a rising, waxing, gibbous moon is visible on the far right.
Photo by Alan DyerThe Amazing Sky
Galileo's Europa
• 01/15/22 at 12:16PM •NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:
Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileo's Europa image data has been remastered here, with improved calibrations to produce a color image approximating what the human eye might see. Europa's long curving fractures hint at the subsurface liquid water. The tidal flexing the large moon experiences in its elliptical orbit around Jupiter supplies the energy to keep the ocean liquid. But more tantalizing is the possibility that even in the absence of sunlight that process could also supply the energy to support life, making Europa one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth. What kind of life could thrive in a deep, dark, subsurface ocean? Consider planet Earth's own extreme shrimp.
"The Wounded Angel" || Painting by Hugo Simberg (1903)
• 01/15/22 at 02:45AM •Hugo Simberg (1873 – 1917) was a Finnish symbolist painter and graphic artist. The Wounded Angel is one of the most recognizable of Simberg's works, and was voted Finland's "national painting" in 2006 Read more
Image: Public domain
Leaks Forth
• 01/14/22 at 11:21PM •Leaks forth the light
beneath yon sill,
as it flows to the darkness
of this warped mind,
lost in raw anguish,
of a love, now gone.
Look for me, not,
I've gone away
and shan't return
until the morrow's
fullest Blue Moon.