On the last world of a distant and lonely system, there was a circus made of light.
There were dawn-tamers, cracking shadow-whips. There were twilight dancers, grey and dim yet coldly beautiful, whirling and pirouetting. There were acrobats, burning like suns, swinging across trapezes of night.
This was so very long ago. The world now is dark and silent. Its sun has turned cold. The circus is only grey dust, without even an ember to light it.
But still people watch the circus, through telescopes and instruments, as the light of it travels through the dark between the stars.
Word Count: 99
This is for Friday Fictioneers. Thanks to Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for running the challenge and J Hardy Carroll for providing the photo prompt!
This is moving and lyrical. I also love the title and the ideas it evokes.
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A lovely idea, the light still shining long after they have gone.
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Just beautiful, really well written, i love it!
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One of your best
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Thank you! I quite like this one too.
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I love your description of the circus in a far off world. Poetic.
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Lovely! I sometimes wonder when I look at a star if it’s actually still there.
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Thank you! I wonder that too.
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That’s a fairly accurate and lyrical description of a solar system, and it’s fascinating we can still see it. Nature never ceases to fascinate.
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Thank you! That’s very true.
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“Dawn tamers and shadow-whips” – lovely!
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A brilliant title for an excellent tale. Spot on!
Here’s mine!
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A lovely story, well told.
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You’re welcome.
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Oh how lovely to think of such a world!
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What a wonderfully imaginative take on the prompt! It’s poetic in its succinct and beautiful description .
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It’s amazing how the universe slowly unfolds secrets from its past. You captured that well. Good story.
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I like the concept and how it manifests as art through telescopes.
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I love this one…
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This was lovely, really lyrical. I liked the idea of the dawn-tamers very much.
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Mm, such a beautiful and poignant story. I love the way it made me feel. Thanks for sharing.
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I love this concept, based on the reality of what we see and/or perceive to be happening in the night skies. Creative and fun 🙂
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