Full Moon Rising
As was the case yesterday afternoon,
Today's clouds evaporated just in time
For the sun to head west, without requesting directions from me.
And I, having walked at a reasonably leisurely pace,
Three miles out of town and three and a half back,
Am now languishing, supine, atop the dock's wooden planks,
Eagerly anticipating the rising of tonight's full moon,
At 9:27,
Realizing that it'll be the first one I've seen since New Year's,
All the while promising my soul
That even if the clouds reassert their sovereignty over the sky,
I'll not let disappointment destroy the joy this evening will deliver,
For my being able to will imagination
To let me see that moon, in my mind's eye, seeing me,
With nothing between us but our awe of each other.
06/26/10 - (3)
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