above
skies come alive
heavenly angels watching
do not blink ~ comets flying by
magical days and nights
In dreams, I saw you, dear friend so true,
A heart heavy with memories, tears anew.
You proposed with love in your eyes so bright,
But I denied, with doubts in the dark of night.
A sign in dreams whispered, "He's the one,"
But I rejected, my heart unsure, undone.
Life's full of wonders, twists and turns,
God's plans, a mystery that yearns.
Signs and dreams, a puzzle to unwind,
Which path to take, which heart to bind?
Time will reveal, the king of my heart,
Who'll rule my universe, we'll wait and see from the start.
Through Sleep’s Veils
through sleep’s veils
my feet battle blankets
as comets streak the bleak night
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(c) sally young eslinger 8/17/2023
Oh, what powerful lights on a sable sea
Sugar crystals sprinkled on all ebony
Back to the ground, eyes up to sky
Plant me like this, the very day I die
In a glass coffin on the world, display
My eyes to the stars, as comets foray
I pray to heaven if this be how my soul is condemned
In looking up, my words on angels garments hemmed
Comets taking a self guided tour
So many to drink in without a slur
Mystical and genuine, both are a plenty
Antares is a fundamental of my entity
The only commonality is their drawings among the stars
As Tellurians, we claim many of them are among ours
Signs are clearly visible in the clear night sky airs
Are six and two totally opposite sets of pairs?
Perhaps all are well read bibliomaniacs
That pledge allegience to the zodiacs
Comets
Little comets
Large comets
Fabulous comets
Green blue
Violet and red
Comets
They have amount
Of dust and ice
Cold dark and hot
Sun makes them more
More beautiful in skies
How mesmerizing and
Enchanting comets are!
CONSUMMATING THE WORD
In the beginning was
The Word
Consummating it is
becoming Wordless
I fly them through windows
onto tarred roads
where tyres tread them
into Earth’s crystal blue gem
I consummate the word
like planets swallow comets
one gaping glance and
books burn in a flounce
I consummate the word by
dissolving fine hair on your
neck without a kiss, wet or red
without a letter to untidy bed
For Goddess consummates
in silent windy nights
where poems and words
are disappearing cords
©GhairoDanielsPoetry2022
From the sky I drop like two flies
Whirring, swirling in the air so high
Blazing like crystals I come in fire
Rolling like thunder, bolting so dire
From the top you see me fall
Dwindling over you like wishing spirals on hold
Exploding before your eyes, blasting like winter snow
Feeding, fading in diminishing colors
Down the ground I stick and dry
Above your feet, I smell and sit like candlestick
His lips are the west gates of night
His lips are the east gates of light
Bursting night and light, we say thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His height is the five depths we view
His height is the ten skies of blue
Deep chasm and sky’s tower, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
He sits on wheels of fate that binds
He sits on the wheels of blessed winds
Wheels of stars, wheels moved by wind, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
Has a burning scroll blistering
Has a burning scroll flickering
Destroying flames, cleansing flames, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His hand holds a wolf with no love
His hand has an eagle and dove
Earth bound demons, sky angels, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
His eyes are the black stars of might
His eyes are the sun in its light
Dead stars and twin suns that shine, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
Comets shaking, planets falling
The earth shaking, the skies crawling
When Jesus the Splendour comes, thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
We must stay away from the night
The bondage of the prince of might
Lord guide us to you; we say thus:
“Lord, Father, have mercy on us”
now i know the details of the creatures
who walked around the Earth department
I always acted with them in this movie
until the projectile I sent split the base of the pavement
and the shards mark this end
what is human inside them bids farewell
they sadly greet their fate and goodbye
yes, i'm here assuming i could have been better
if I had pointed out what is hostile and said this is it
let's root out what consumes stability
before they sink into all life puddles
because if I carried them in me without words
I know that the love of my silence would be enough
to create a golden age and forgiveness
but I only seriously look to the end of the sky
and comets do their part in swarms
soon everything ceases, look how beautiful this darkness is
In a perfect world, we would love everyone,
our hearts would be open to all.
No ideologies would clutter our space,
our grievances would be small.
There'd be no prejudice, no ego trips,
our thoughts would find common ground.
The color of our skin would be artists' hues
the most lovely mixtures around.
The skies would always be deep blue,
with balmy white clouds floating by.
Sunsets so lovely they would last all night,
with comets trailing fire in the sky.
The lion and lamb would be good friends;
they'd romp in the morning dew.
Soon they'd be joined by the other beasts
no fear of a terrible zoo.
A tree would grow from a single seed
blown by a soft summer breeze.
As ideas can form from a single thought
Forming substance in times like these.
But life isn't a fantasy tale;
nor a web of wishes loosely spun.
In truth, there is much we need to correct.
In a perfect world, we would love everyone.
Space
No beginning - no end
No sunrise - no sunsets
No edges to curl back or peek behind
Light living in darkness
Tumultuous fire –cinders of ice
Thunder and silence
Volatile and stoic
Unfathomable depths – reachable stars
Empty – star-spangled
Orbits - oblivion
Planets - astral plains
Stellar nebulas – streaking comets
Constellations – red dwarfs
Airless - atmospheres
Seen - eclipsed
Nature’s laws enforced – black hole rebellions
Blue marble of life - stillborn moonstones
Corruptible – not unchanging
Mysteries – mystical
Calendar of time - journal of the eternal
No beginning and no end
1-12-2021
Contest: Musings on Space
Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
Stars imitating comets
be like as those explore
Make eyebrows rise for a
comet in the distance is
fishing it's tail left to right
Such a sight exploring
A thrill for adrenaline
craves another sight
As an addictive need's
such exploring
I crave more as this imitating
zone of exploring will eventually
end in this Ozone layer
The brightest star in sight
pass as the comet collides
Initiating un explored
I may see or hear Hermetic Scales
Continual for confusion
of illusions
I hold my breath to behold
another sight imitating such as
We come from the Kuiper belt,
Or from the Oort cloud,
We’re bodies of the solar system,
Guess who we’re?
If we’re short lived,
We come from beyond the Neptune’s orbit,
If we’re long lived,
We come from that spherical cloud.
We’re filled with ice,
And we’re so cold,
And when we pass the sun,
Our tail we show.
We wander here and there,
As we’re the child of our space home,
But we’re so selfish,
As we’re rarely visible to you.
Sometimes we’re visible before sunrise,
Or after sunset,
And you look at our tail an’ see,
Our beauty.
We’re icy,
We appear to be white,
Like white dust,
Or like white feathers.
But we’re so sorry,
We know that we hardly come to you,
But don’t mind that,
Because it’s our Nature!
Ah!
The cruel fates
of comets and kings.
To bend
around the arc of Archimedes,
swaying and swelling,
to be crowned on its
next flight around.
Followed by trails
with wind in their sails, until
new laws are lain on the land.
They so love the moon,
they would encase it in granite.
Again, they'll rise from their knee
with the next passing planet.
Slung into
the far beyond--
the golden thrones
blaze and tumble
through the
dreams of princes.
Andromeda indeed!
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