black dwarf
By JupiterMoon
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black dwarf
a fitful,
fretful, dying ember
of a once brilliant,
radiance;
a fallen universe.
here is the last gasp
of an entirety.
a lone light
fighting culmination;
felled, by
the determination
of persisting.
without you,
without your fusion,
i am only
a compact star;
an endpoint of
something
once stellar.
right now,
i am, to me,
a remnant.
left small,
and dense;
becoming ash.
to you,
only hypothetical,
a theory formed silently
by bedtime lips;
a shiver and a lullaby
before sleep.
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Very calming poem. Perfect
Very calming poem. Perfect for sitting under a tree. As I am.
Parson Thru
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Just a suggestion, Jupiter
Just a suggestion, Jupiter Moon, but I've been thinking about "culmination" and wonder if it's "extinction"?
Don't pay me any mind. Just sitting under a tree. :)
Parson Thru
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I like this, it does
I like this, it does everything right, nice alliteration to begin with, succinct and with good choice of words. "culmination" worked for me, "shiver and lullaby", "determination of persisting" the "fallen univese" - they all summoned up the right feelings: a little bit sad, slightly eerie, a sense of something powerful fading. Nice work.
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How I wonder what you are...
How I wonder what you are... Interesting twist when you move from the power and unimaginable might of these distant beings to the tiny warmth of a child's lullaby. Really accentuates the distance and scope.
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