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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
Ended October 27, 2014 • 15 Entries • Created by lucieinthesky
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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
Cover image for post Space, by Valerie
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Valerie

Space

Space. The final frontier

whose voyages are yet to happen.

We quibble the concept of endless

and argue the concept of limitless

yet so far as we can tell we hang

balanced amidst both.

Look up at the stars and think

they’re so far away that some

are dead and you see light

from celestial ghosts.

And contemplate the galaxies

the billions spanning in the black

and think about what planets

hover within each.

And ruminate, just for a moment

how stellar is the interstellar

a vacuum of nothing, the road

between existences.

And possibly, just one day

we’ll figure out how to travel

in between the leagues of hopeless

void.

And maybe, maybe in the future

we’ll find others somewhat like us

who write poetry about neighbors

on the other side

of the universe.

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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C

Audience to the Stars

My eyes fail me

My senses are dulled

Millions

Little twinkling lights

Could

be

so

far

Away

Could

be

so

much

Prettier

We don't look up...

The picture on our phone

So much prettier, no?

The millions of little stars

In the hands of mere mortals

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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Southern__sweet

Empty , with a loss of words.

So empty , with a loss of words,

but so happy at the same time . You looked up at something, and just stare because you didn't know it was possible for something to be so beautiful . I'm in awe, as the stars captivate me. Looking up at so many stars, and feeling so small. Knowing they are million of light years away, and you'll never see one up close. But how much smaller you would feel if we zoomed in much closer. I feel that as the night sky , will make you lose track of time. When you're looking straight above , you don't think about anything. It makes me wonder , how lucky the one to come up with constellations is, to be the chosen one for these beautiful glowing dots in the sky. I feel that no one should have a right to name them, even though it's really cool. But maybe what you see up there, isn't what I see at all. Then again, when I look up at the night sky, I feel so empty with a loss of words , how could I describe how I feel when there's no words that describe it , no way to explain it.

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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Karlacaldera

Peace

When I gaze into the sky above,

When the sun is gone and stars have decided to stop hiding,

When the moon is aware and glowing,

When darkness is revealed and so are my deepest thoughts,

That is when I feel at peace,

That is when I feel most at home

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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Amazed

When I gaze into the night sky, I become amazed. Out there lightyears away are billions upon billions of stars in our galaxy. I wish to travel into the depths of the gaseous clouds that construct a nebula. I envy the stars that are spewing out and consuming hydrogen and maybe even helium if they're big enough. I want to go to other galaxies and explore their marvelous objects. I hope to witness a red giant implode onto itself and create a tremendous explosion called a supernova. I would like to orbit a black hole. I crave to explore the depths of the universe, away from our solar system and even past our galaxy and out of the giant supercluster of galaxies the Milky Way lives in. Yes, when I think about the cosmos above and around me, I think of how I would love to visit the ends of the universe itself. Who know? I might stumble upon a wormhole that leads me to a second universe.

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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Eli_quent

Awe

Among many feelings, I think awe is one of them when it comes to the night sky. Be it sunset, or dusk, it's magnificent. I think.

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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MichaelHall

Truly, Are We Alone?

And as I look up at the night sky,

I can't help,

But feel the overwhelming amazement

And wonder if,

Truly, are we alone?

- Mr. DH

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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MoonlightWaters

The Night Sky

I feel like the tiniest particle of sand and like the biggest universe all at once. I feel at peace and curious. I feel intrigued and perhaps a bit perturbed. I feel... Human.

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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angguinn

Small

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you feel?
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Trev

Science!

Embarrassingly enough whenever I gaze upon the night sky (what little I can see, thanks light pollution) I always think of scientific facts about the field of astronomy and physics.

Word of advise don't bring it up in a date when you're walking at night, most people think you're strange.