Sunday, January 21, 2007

Shooting Star

One of the amazing things in my new home is the nighttime sky. There aren't so many man-made lights as there were in the city to interfere with seeing the stars, and it is an awesome sight to be able to walk out in the yard and see so many stars every night. The zoom on my camera is good, but not enough to show the stars without using settings that I'm not used to just yet. But I can show you the gorgeous crescent moon.


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SHOOTING STAR



I watched the star
shoot across the sky,
quickly it appeared
and quickly it was gone.
It’s difficult to imagine
that what seemed to take seconds
had actually been a millennium
and happened a millennium ago.
All other stars were paled
by the one
during those short, exciting seconds
when it streaked,
leaving a trail of stardust
like a memory
and was gone
with a blink of my eye.
And if I close my eyes again
I can remember the bright flash
and the sparkling powdery trace left behind,
the brief burst of fiery light
against the dark sky.
It reminds me of you.




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4 comments:

my said...

What's I saw,and what's I met?What's I expected,and what's I got?What's I doubted,and what's I believed?...  
Stop or walk,go or stay.I don't know how many people had passed and how many things had happened on the small area,which I stand on now.Maybe there's a moment,just at that moment I pick up a stone at random and find history and future from the stone.However I don't know who was last one touched it,and who'll be next?
Crisscross is the eternal trick of vicissitudes of the world.


Some abstract thoughts are difficult expressed,so the meaning of some sentences may be imprecise or indistinct.If this is indeed the case,please you give me a smile.After all I can't use english like my mother tongue.

Lynilu said...

My - yes, I smile. But my smile is because I enjoy the way you read the meanings, not just the words. You are doing fine with the English. It is a difficult language, isn't it?

my said...

Lynilu:Yes,I think the English is difficult.However it's so attractive and charm that I can't help loving it.The clear examples are your poems and words.

Lynilu said...

My - Thank you. I am honored that you enjoy reading my words.