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The Night Sky

August 19, 2014
By ndj423 SILVER, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Dark, vast, stretching into the past,

Goes on farther than we can see,

When planets explode with a fiery blast,

We’re safe on Earth, you and me.

 

In recent years, planets have gone,

Rock samples provide a direct link.

Throughout history, constellations were drawn,

The vastness of the universe makes everyone think.

 

I look up to the sky and dream,

Ponder about the stars that gleam,

When I get into bed,

They are watching over my head.

 

Peering through my window, I’m mesmerized, I stare,

What on Earth is out there?

Supernovas, planets, the occasional asteroids,

Aliens, bacteria, more humans, or androids?

© Steve S., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:

I originally wrote this for a contest to win a free iPad. No such luck, but hey, I got a poem out of it!

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Mikky_Ekko13 SILVER said...
on Aug. 25 2014 at 6:27 pm
Mikky_Ekko13 SILVER, Osseo, Minnesota
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This is cool. Really makes ya wonder. Again, cool rhyming :D