Whatever the Moment

A Work in Progress
134

Some trees were trimmed

now there’s more light

north light 

while sunset smolders over my shoulder

shadows of starlight acting as nightlight

for mountain lions about to marauder

out there

in the physical world of flesh and blood

up in the foothills further from roads

fully in leaf now the solstice has come

it’s dark

devoured each day by the voracious sun

who knew that once together we’d never feel cold

that once together we’d be very snug

we’re here

whatever the moment our eyes always hug

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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