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The Only Star For Me

The only star for me Is a split binary, that cannot agree Tearing me apart, within this melee From the moment, of man’s creation Forever open, to lame interpretation Was I assembled, in a solar system Inanimate, and lacking any wisdom Brought to life, to fill a Gods quota I haven’t got the faintest clue or iota Heavy elements, and dust coalesced Later on, wise men attempt to process Spoiler alert! I’ll tell you what I know Science and religion, puts on a show Orbiting each other, huge quandaries Crisscrossing our human boundaries Why can’t gravity, bash them together If not for worse, definitely for better In a supernova blast, releasing sense Knocking me off, that stubborn fence Burning away, every bit of my doubt Or is this failed star, never to find out By David Kavanagh 11/07/22

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Christopher Flaherty

Date: 11/10/2022 2:00:00 PM

Star's disperse Light All across the Universe Searching to expose Us to be enabled to see What lie's behind the darkness

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/10/2022 2:21:00 PM

Light is always behind the darkness, yep I can go along with that!

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 11/10/2022 1:04:00 PM

Sir David Writing Star

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/10/2022 1:18:00 PM

You know what astronomers call a Failed Star, a brown dwarf planet, much bigger than Jupiter, but just hadn’t got enough mass to ignite, the story of our lives, Lol, cheers David

I Am Anaya

Date: 11/8/2022 8:17:00 AM

Awesome metaphors! Science and religion unfold every day, science has been proved wrong over centuries. Look at an old encyclopedia and the foolish things they had to say. Much-needed balancers to guide us are right here in this place. I got stuck between closing borders and what would Jesus do. Any approach I take to evaluate life, seems to lead to more questions, then nowhere. What opens eyes are conversations with religious sects. They don’t know what they are talking about either. Fundamentalist or science? “Stop the world I want to get off” –Anthony Newly

I Am Anaya
Date: 11/8/2022 9:17:00 AM

please re-read Trooper, I added to it, maybe clearer, thanks!

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/8/2022 9:06:00 AM

Heya Anaya, We had a lot of religion beaten into us in the catholic schools here in Ireland, in fact most of our country was brainwashed in the last century, so that didn’t work for me, I do enjoy theoretical science that pushes the boundaries of our brain capacity, but like you said it all just leads to more questions, thank you for the heads up on Anthony newly, and the Hummer! cheers David

Sotto Poet

Date: 11/8/2022 6:45:00 AM

David, you're such a bright star because you're not afraid to break the mold. It's hard to pick a favorite sentence from your poems since they're all so good. To my ears, some of the lines are breathtakingly beautiful, while others are interesting and provoke several thoughts in my mind. Best wishes with the contest!

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/8/2022 8:56:00 AM

You encourage me Lasaad, not sure that’s a good thing Lol, but I thank you for the vote of confidence in my poem’s, if I get people thinking esp poets like yourself then my job is done, cheers David

Jenna Logan

Date: 11/8/2022 2:23:00 AM

You could never be a fence sitter and you’re definitely not a failed star but you shine because you dare to question the why, the how and the when of existence.

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/8/2022 5:22:00 AM

Heya Jenna, I tend to call myself a fence sitter, because I’m caught between the people of faith and those with none, in the agnostic zone, I agree I certainly question the why, because I see unsatisfactory, unfulfilling holes, thank you so much for the vote of confidence in me, cheers David

Harry Horsman

Date: 11/7/2022 8:47:00 PM

It's hard to be a human being sometimes, David, really like this gem, you've written, so angry and fiery with a purpose. All the best. Harry

David Kavanagh
Date: 11/8/2022 5:15:00 AM

Really is Harry, so many unanswerable questions, its not that I don’t understand faith, moreover it leaves with unquantifiable niggling gaps, just like science does, cheers David