Twinkling from afar,
dead stars’ light glimmers the sky,
illusions of time,
the past waltzing through our minds
laughter and tears remembered
NGC 6744
Hubble, NASA, ESA, and the LEGUS Team
This tanka is for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday using synonyms for fantasy and merry.
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
Hi, Merril. I’m around until next Monday. There won’t be any recaps for next two weeks, but I did schedule the challenge posts. Wonderful Tanka. The image of a star dying is a great analogy. ❤
Thank you, Colleen!
Yes, I thought you were still posting the challenge posts, but I didn’t see the notification. Must be the WP gremlins! 🙂
Well, heck! Annette asked me about the post too! (eye-roll). ❤
Yup, WP Gremlins.
So beautiful!
Thank you, Holly!
My pleasure!
Dancing stars. I can relate 🙂 Funny though, to start with two words, fantasy and merry and we both get dancing stars. Or was it the shared brain again?
Hmmm. . .I’d go with the brain. 😉
🙂
Dead star’s light glimmering is such a splendid image
Thank you very much, Derrick!
“the past waltzing through our minds”
Of course!. Nicely done.
Thank you, Ken! 🙂
My Dad introduced me to the fact that bright stars may be gone (“dead”) even as we saw them sparkling. As a child, it was rather a serious thought about the distance light takes to travel from space to here.
Those last two lines are superbly written, Merril!
Thanks so much, Robin!
I’m glad you shared this dreamy tanka.
Thank you!
You’re welcome! At first break already, hoping Sunday flies by here at work! 🌞