The Legacy of A Joyful Life

By Maik Arnold

The Legacy of a Joyful Life is a

collection of poetry about

data science

education

health

mindfulness

nature

and religiosity.

It is split into six parts

that discover

Dawn

An Inventory of Losses

Frailty of Life

Virtual Self-Illusions

• Language: English
• Publisher: Maik Arnold
• Release date: Sep 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9783000701382

Book preview

ONE

DAWN

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The Warmth of The Morning

The sun sets on another day.

Is this our destined end or a new way?

As a rose garden springs to life,

The morning is beauty's wife.

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Dawn

The moon was at the centre of the sun,

surrounded by a wonderful circle of shimmer.

Breaking apart the light in rays,

as if the sun above poured down

its flood of light on the moon ball,

spraying all around

the most beautiful

lighting effect

my eyes has ever seen.

Translation of Adalbert Stifter's observation of the sun

atmosphere during a solar eclipse in 1842.

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Lifting My Thoughts Away

Staring at the ceiling,

the small hours hold sway

that gives me a feeling

of the coming day.

Thoughts coming in for hours on end,

slowly and steadily begin to fly,

pushing all darkness and

heavy clouds into the sky.

Pierced by the lighting of day,

easily they are lifted away.

this had not become a rarity

but lives on for posterity.