Pieces of my soul
Pieced together in memory
Starlight in a Black Hole
Of what never again shall be
A floating fading glow
Darkened room image clear
Now seeing IS believing
Desperate attempt at keeping
The fleeting spectre in view
A faded dream of a
Once upon a dream come true
--Daniel Irwin Tucker
Afterimage:
A visual image on the retina that persists after the stimulus that caused it is no longer operative.
