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The name Edith, of Old English origin, means “prosperous in war” or “rich in battle”. It combines the elements “ead,” meaning “wealth” or “prosperity,” and “gyth,” meaning “strife” or “war”.

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Perseid in British English

(ˈpɜːsɪɪd ) noun. any member of a meteor shower occurring annually around August 12th, appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Perseus and derived from comet Swift-Tuttle. Word origin.

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I saw you in the afterglow,
of the tailed swishes,
across a Gloaming’s sky.
I caught you in my roaming eye,
like, failed wishes;
reborn
From their own crashes; grown.

For twenty years,
you have shined on high.
Casting the heavens bright,
from the wealth,
of burning flames, on August nights.
That rage, like; war, within your name.

I witness their fractured patterns.
Thinking of you — whole.
And, reminisce, on the fire in your soul.
There, I visit your scattered ashes.
Scorching; dark, white, like, coal.
Unlimited in death,
as you were in life;

Warm, I adorn, your bravely essence, bold.

© poormansdreams

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