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Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2003-08-08 07:08 AM

Here I am,
Face turned to the wind,
Summer breeze
Flowing on my skin,
Feel the sun
Last ray of the light
See the dark
Soon will be the night.

All the warmth has passed me by,
As I darken like the sky,
Accustomed don’t need to cry,
All I give is a slight sigh.

Here I go
Drifting off with my thoughts,
To the dark
It is where my soul is brought,
Mars is close
Blood red crossing through the sky,
Off I walk
To shadows as war is nigh.

Gloom
Mars, the red planet, named after the God of War,
is at it’s closest to earth in many years.
Whereas the Ancients believed in the influence of the planets
On the condition of things on the Earth,
I sure it’s merely coincidence that American is involved in so much conflict,
Like Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, and North Korea;
merely coincidence.

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2003-08-08 09:15 AM

Wonderful poem and so moving. Your melancholy is so deeply felt. How beautiful our red planet to observe now!
Mere coincidence that wars are going on? Yes probably, but who knows for sure? Electromagnetism can do things to our psyche ... It seems that God Mars never relaxes?
I think it is a question of awakening to the energy of love which IS.
Library!
Love, Margherita

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

2 posted 2003-08-08 09:19 AM

We're planning on doing some sky watching over the next few evenings...it's not eery day we get to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event...

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2003-08-11 05:10 PM

smiling at your list of "coincidences"--and the witch in me is nervous about September--I'll have to check the charts but I do believe Mercury retrograde will in opposition to Mars next month.

makes me kinda jumpy--

thanks for the read, and the thoughts, PG.

even if it does spook me.

Kaoru

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since 2003-06-07

Posts 3892
where the wild flowers grow

4 posted 2003-08-11 05:16 PM

Amazing write, Gloom..

I love your stuff.

NewEnglandlazurlu
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since 2002-01-04

Posts 7470
A Mountain Paradise

5 posted 2003-08-11 07:33 PM

I loved this. My hubby and I were outside last night looking at it and we've borrowed a friend's telescope to see it up close and personal at the end of the month.

Marti

Sunshine

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Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-08-12 08:23 AM

Professor - it seems that for me, the best time to see Mars is early in the morning. It hangs in the south-southeast of where I live, and this morning the moon was full and beautiful - but did not detrack from the brightness of Mars, which was to the left of the full moon.

If there were ever a month for star and planet gazing - now is the time.

minoune
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since 2003-08-10

Posts 87
Canada

7 posted 2003-08-12 08:52 AM

tell me Professor Gloom that you do smile... I sense a very unhappy man... tell me i'm wrong.. I hope you find smiles every day...
Wonderful write here..

minoune

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