Something Was Amiss

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I strolled upon the crests of darkened hills
reveling at the fragrant aroma of daffodils
Suddenly, stardust glittered in a nearby field
Its enchanted power was amazingly revealed.

A single sunflower towered at great height
Shadowed orb wide open, unusual in the night
Its leaves sparkled, but could a star cause this?
An unlikely occurrence ~ something was amiss.

Was I imagining the vision of this phenomena?
Perhaps it was a heavenly sign from Andromeda
The moon dipped lower in the cerulean sky
as I watched the bloom with the cyclops eye.

Had a mystical spell been cast over my mind?
If so, it was a gift of the most wondrous kind
I was enrapt by the aura of a sunflower in glory.
Sadly, bereaved when no one believed my story.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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Date: 1/30/2024 11:37:00 AM
Oh to see and then not believed!
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Date: 1/29/2024 11:17:00 AM
This is beautiful Lin and a little psychic perhaps, have you been looking through time, about 4.5 billion years from now we are going to merge with the andromeda galaxy, and this is the image we would see if standing in a field of sunflowers right at that moment, so I do believe your story, because it is predicted by cosmological physicists, but I am intrigued to know how you envisioned this moment, brilliant! Cheers David
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Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 12:58:00 PM
Clueless humans that we are...
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David Kavanagh
Date: 1/29/2024 12:17:00 PM
Oh I see, but hey it takes absolutely nothing away from your poem, it is quite breathtaking in scope and perspective, The weird and almost incomprehensible thing about the merging is, 400 billion stars in each galaxy, and they reckon not one of them will collide, such is the vastness of space between them,
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Lin Lane
Date: 1/29/2024 11:46:00 AM
Thank you for the compliments on these lines, David. Not psychic or looking through time. Looking at an article about the merging of the galaxies, which included the sunflower scenario. My vision was born through that supposedly impending union. Fascinating information.
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