Night Watch
Tonight I saw the sky darkly;
evening stars shone bright,
I saw the dawn
amazed at the sight.
Other stars became dim
memories of presence.
I saw the Moon transcend them.
Tonight with anger and despair
I watched the Moon
cherish bright children,
deaf blind to cries
shadowed stars, above.
Nurturing, feeding her protégés,
their nearness,
exhilarating vividness
deadening her senses.
Tonight tears welled in grieving eyes,
tonight I watched through orange haze,
polished platinum, dulled
distant, distinct radiance not quite viewed.
Tonight the gloaming hid destinies,
flaming mercury and sapphire obscured.
Mars and Venus, beware the veiled remote lights;
before they die, they explode with unparalleled clarity;
they consume in a moment earlier jewels
before they too become mere specks in the milky way.
Tonight the sky reflected a possible future
Tonight the radiance of those not yet seen
seared through the orange soup.
Tonight the sky showed me the present, what may be.
Tonight
the sky lived.
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