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VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
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Oregon

0 posted 2013-01-31 12:38 PM


I forgot to put in the url to see which photo this was written for. It's here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120801.html
Please see before reading piece below.


Towering sentinels
Dwarfed by the heavens
Surrounded by misty fogs
Silently pause in awe

What creature
Would not marvel the scene?
What sound
Would dare to speak?

And yet the sun begins its rise
Slipping into day
As light encroaches
The panorama of serenity

Surely the world
Will begin to stir
No matter the consequence
Or loss of exquisiteness

Reptilian creatures
Rodent beings
Clicking insects
Will bring sound to this desert

The loss,
Only temporary,
As coyotes roam, then sleep
The stars will creep anew

Light and promise
Will arch the skies
God holds eternity
Securely in His grasp.


Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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Victoria
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1 posted 2013-01-31 02:22 PM



What creature
Would not marvel the scene?
What sound
Would dare to speak?

Virginia you described it well...beautiful,
as the photo of the milky way. Nicely done.

~Victoria

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08
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Eternity
2 posted 2013-02-01 06:20 AM


Wonderful interpretation, dear Virginia!

Margherita

Kevo
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since 2004-06-02
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Navarro County, Texas, USA
3 posted 2013-02-08 10:01 AM


Fantastic mix - ethereal and haunting... Well done!
VAS
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450
Oregon
4 posted 2013-02-08 01:57 PM


Thank you all for your encouragement; it is wonderful to be read, is it  not!

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

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