Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Shine

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For Gerry and Sue’s

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Shine

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I took this photo in January 2020, at about 11:35 a. m. with my camera pointed straight up at the sun. It was so bright and dazzling, I didn’t know if the picture even turned out, but this is what I got. The white hot sunlight throwing rays of light through the bare branches of our tree, all against the clear blue sky.

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STAR DIAMONDS

Listen to me now

I’ll tell you how

A diamond got it’s

Shine

In the faraway time

There was a great sign

Deep space yearned for

Light

With a wave of His hand

The Creator of man

Tossed glittering stars

Above

And when this occurred

With only a Word

Diamonds were made for

All

They sometimes fall down

All the way to hard ground

Precious gemstones for all

Mankind

© 2015 BS

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“Shine”, by Collective Soul, is a single from their 1992 album, “Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid”.

It was written by Ed Roland, and is on the Atlantic label.

Lyrics are on the video.

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