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The poem may feel to you like: The poem may feel to you like it was a bit forced, but this is only one of the falsifications of the writer's block you have experienced.  To me (admittedly an old man, but I have been reading poetry since the spring of 1973), the poem flows quite well, without any evidence of being forced, and it describes what is, unfortunately, too universal an experience.  I went through something like this way back when my life was at its lowest ebb in 1981.  I thought I would never escape it, but, paraodoxically, the feeling of never escaping is just a distraction while time, passing, effects the escape.  (I recommend Mary Shelley's Introduction to the 1831 edition of her novel, Frankenstein, for her description of the enormous frustration of writer's block.)  That you have written this successful and eloquent poem suggests, to me, that the writer's block is beginning, like an untimely fog, to dissipate from you.

"an aurora of devotion" Now: "an aurora of devotion" Now that's gold!   Your entire cosmic dance of love has a skyrocketing movement that underscores the fervent emotion. I was really feeling it from start to finish, and with galactic references and word choices that plant images of luminescence in the reader's mind, I never wanted to land.   A lyrical, heart-gripping, deftly-written excursion.  

Thank you for that sobering,: Thank you for that sobering, but gorgeously expressed reply. Wouldn't mind a dog's life right now. 

Great writing: As a musician friend of mine has told me " any time you can, let those creative juices flow". 

For nearly five decades I: For nearly five decades I have loved Poetry, especially astronomical Poetry, and this poem is magnificent in its use of astronomical imagery to convey the declaration of love.  And you have given these lines a very successful rhyme pattern as well.  I cannot remember any other astronomical poem quite like this one; I believe it is unique in my entire reading experience.  I applaud your accomplishment.

Exactly. Thank you tortured: Exactly. Thank you tortured poet.