{"sf1_id":1039987,"sf2_id":"ZmMdAQle","title":"A long night","author":"Jaffea","words":212,"posted_at":"2016-07-04T00:04:00.000Z","tags":["Novel","Poem","Sci-Fi","Science Fiction","Story Series"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1039987-a-long-night","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZmMdAQle","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/04/61/04617ac8-c761-4c36-94d0-6ee87da0def5","description":"#1 of A long night\n\nThe first part of a new collab novel from myself and Star Fox https://star-fox-1.sofurry.com/\nAs always, rate, comment and enjoy","content":"_A long night_\n\n©2016 (Jaffea.sofurry.com)\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n_Once I stood on the edge of a bridge,_\n\n_strolled along the lakeshore,_\n\n_striving to catch from afar_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;a glimpse of your matchless beauty._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Once I climbed atop a pavilion,_\n\n_seeking a road at land's end,_\n\n_yearning for a vision_\n\n_of your fair, ineffable presence._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Ten thousand yards of silk,_\n\n_your lightness cannot contain._\n\n_The moon hovers miles away,_\n\n_its shadow broad, expansive._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_The boundless sky, the neverending stream,_\n\n_waves breaking without surcease._\n\n_All excite the unfathomable depth_\n\n_of which we call eternity._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_The road is long, the view obscured,_\n\n_with thousands of threads entangled._\n\n_Pursuing the truth, you toil endlessly._\n\n_In dreams you've surely been there._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Yet inspiration has struck, time and again,_\n\n_lifting us onto the shoulders of giants._\n\n_From Euclid to Descartes, Newton to Gauss,_\n\n_and Riemann to Poincare._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_O! The phantom of all things,_\n\n_So hard to divine in daylight's glare._\n\n_Then suddenly, when the radiance dims,_\n\n_she reveals a glimpse of her unseen form._\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_A chance encounter, unrivalled splendor,_\n\n_from genius through the ages._\n\n_Let us celebrate the poetry of the universe_\n\n_and the geometry through which it sings._\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n-Shing-Tung Yau, \"A Flash in the Middle of a Long Night\"\n\nCambridge University, 2006\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"A long night","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1039993-prologue.json"}}