Just Before

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JUST BEFORE

If, in the Great Depravity,

The terrible power of gravity

Were suddenly turned right on its head

And we were marked-out to be dead.....

If the moon, now hovering there,

Leaving Space between us..... enough to spare....

Were suddenly drawn to Mother Earth,

Which some believe gave the moon its birth.....

And it came rolling through the sky

Toward us, who were marked to die.....

If, as nightly, it grew and grew,

While we stood helpless, although we knew

The end was nigh.....there would be a time,

Quite impossibly sublime,

When, filling all eternity,

The moon would be as plain to see

As ones own face, a glorious sight...

Before the crash....and the endless night.

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FULL MOON

(An Acrostic)

Flowering in the dark blue sky

Up there with the stars on high,

Let your light beam on us all

Lest we stumble and we fall.

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Magnificent, against the blue;

Overhead, yet near us too.

Only the sun gives greater light;

Night without you would not be bright.

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