Picture of a flower nebula (NGC 2040) captured by the Gemini telescope
Cosmic verse rose
Blooming in deep space
Sending red hues
Thousands of light years away
Your splendor fascinates me
Who planted your bulb
In the dark soil of the night sky?
Who tends your garden?
Who assured your brilliance?
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“A Long Expired Day” by Beck Duffield Keep moving forward. You know what used to be. Every pleasant memory, Every rock and tree That pushed you toward this precipice Demanding faithful leap, No sense in clinging to the past Because the past won’t keep. The moment is advancing. The step stones drop away. Behind, uneven footing, A long expired day. The future’s in your striving, And though it may be frightening, The beauty that awaits inspires, Will strike your heart like lighting. Uncertainty’s unnerving. Your path cannot be shown. Though tentative your shuffling, You’ll never walk alone.
“A Long Expired Day”
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Freezing soil
But keep digging
Digging deeper
Deeper still
Dig deep
Into your freezing soul
Until you're below
The frost line
And thaw your heart out
There is warmth always
Just below the coldness
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Keep her little loves close to the chest Each a bundle at each breast Swaddled and wrapped tight Each with a nipple to ease their fright The mother keeps up with the crowd These desperate times caused the village to flee Cross a river, around a mountain, away from the sea Carrying all they could upon their backs Following close to each other, as a pack Quickly, yet with care not to make a sound For the lands ahead held their own dangers From wild beasts and wilder strangers Who seemed less noble than the villagers Because they were known as pillagers So on the people roamed
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Shattering thought chisel to ice, sculpting futures I once thought made of marble. I was like stone once with sweet nothings whispered to the cracks in my walls. I can hide nothing now. No fortress of ice, nor marble, no defense to the onslaught of life. I am just me, facade-free cracked stone revealing an ocean beneath the stone.
Not sure what to say about this one. From a #riffoffrelay yesterday in our #fafo server. Feeling more than I should and expressing less than I ought, if that makes sense. Anyway, enjoy and best wishes 🤗
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What has it done wrong? You ask and it delivers Perfectly imperfect answers Whether you opt out, you opt in. First thing you see Search engine monopoly Keeping you from looking further Keeping you from searching deeper Keeping you Because it's what you want, The absence of the pain Of choice.
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And rebirth
Is mundane
For the Phoenix
It just requires
Burning bright
Sparks will fly
An explosion of light
And when it is over
An egg cracks
And baby phoenix
Takes to the sky
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Another bit of the #riffoffrelay from @fafo-poets-society.bsky.social .
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