A long night
#1 of A long night
The first part of a new collab novel from myself and Star Fox https://star-fox-1.sofurry.com/
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A long night
©2016 (Jaffea.sofurry.com)
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Once I stood on the edge of a bridge,
strolled along the lakeshore,
striving to catch from afar
_ a glimpse of your matchless beauty._
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Once I climbed atop a pavilion,
seeking a road at land's end,
yearning for a vision
of your fair, ineffable presence.
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Ten thousand yards of silk,
your lightness cannot contain.
The moon hovers miles away,
its shadow broad, expansive.
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The boundless sky, the neverending stream,
waves breaking without surcease.
All excite the unfathomable depth
of which we call eternity.
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The road is long, the view obscured,
with thousands of threads entangled.
Pursuing the truth, you toil endlessly.
In dreams you've surely been there.
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Yet inspiration has struck, time and again,
lifting us onto the shoulders of giants.
From Euclid to Descartes, Newton to Gauss,
and Riemann to Poincare.
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O! The phantom of all things,
So hard to divine in daylight's glare.
Then suddenly, when the radiance dims,
she reveals a glimpse of her unseen form.
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A chance encounter, unrivalled splendor,
from genius through the ages.
Let us celebrate the poetry of the universe
and the geometry through which it sings.
-Shing-Tung Yau, "A Flash in the Middle of a Long Night"
Cambridge University, 2006