A pain gnaws him as he looks out to the falling day.
On this land of dimmer glow and vaster stretch
stings him the thought
separation could be such unimaginably painful!
From the beginning he had dreamed a resemblance
had hoped for it
between this world and his
but his wildly scanning senses
keep bouncing on a dead wall!
He remembers how he missed home
from a few scores of miles
and when younger
even five hundred yards from mom
was enough for tears...
Here he’s away five hundred light years!
The night dawns with the blue moon sphere.
He has to live from now on
his worst nightmare!
Sep 26, 2014
Sep 26, 2014 at 10:22 AM UTC
A pain gnaws him as he looks out to the falling day.
On this land of dimmer glow and vaster stretch
stings him the thought
separation could be such unimaginably painful!
From the beginning he had dreamed a resemblance
had hoped for it
between this world and his
but his wildly scanning senses
keep bouncing on a dead wall!
He remembers how he missed home
from a few scores of miles
and when younger
even five hundred yards from mom
was enough for tears...
Here he’s away five hundred light years!
The night dawns with the blue moon sphere.
He has to live from now on
his worst nightmare!
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