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Darkest

Some say the sun will rise again, but none can tell me where or when. Some say the moon's more than a dream, that long ago, the stars did gleam,…

Song: We

You and me and the stars aboveand the moon just a sliver down the wayYou and me and the song we singand the dream of a bright new day. You…

Dreaming Alone

The night was cool and dark,the stars were bright but far,and none were in the park;it felt a bit bizarre . . . To stand alone where crowds once throngedto be alone and…

Poem: Chorale of the Stars

14 Oct 202115 Oct 2021

The secret whispers of the night,like whisps of fog across the moon,enchant within that sacred light.Hear it now, "The time is soon." The gentle chorale of the stars, their everpresent…

Poem: Night’s Serenade

The soft serade of nightly noise infects my soul with longing sighs, and letting go, my heart enjoys the nightbird's sudden cries. The blackened sky, the twinkling stars, the dewy…

Dreams of Darkness

It has been observed that space is cold, but how do I make you understand the deep and abiding chill which settles in the astronaut’s bones after years and decades…

Lines of Rhyme; Signs of Time

The dreamers dream upon a star, and sitting here they travel far beyond the reaches of the eye; and where they will is where they'll fly. Return, return, back to…

Under Alien Heaven

The white morning stunned my eyes. They burned as I gazed out at that vast, colorless desert of ice. Winter had come in one night and buried me. Some death…

Drabble: What Is Heard by the Crew of a Single Soul?

The wise say you can hear nothing in the void of space, but below their words, a secret tale is told; the stars are said to sing an ancient melody,…

A Single Star

"I hope no one notices that missing star." "Among those uncounted lights, who would cry over a single dot?" "Perhaps a child with a small window, not even a window,…