I was aware of the full moon last night
even had a good gaze at it
through bleary tired eyes
up
through
the
trees
just before bed
and it was
beautifully bright
something I try
not
to miss, a beautiful moon
blurred shots of light through branches
remind me most
just how very tired
I
was
in the night
I had to get up to pee
finding the bathroom spectacularly lit
I was instantly reminded to look out the window
to the brilliant source of light
in a beauty-filled sky
turned out to be the perfect time
to witness
the partial lunar eclipse
and how wonderful… you know
being drawn
to
notice
outside in the garden, looking up at the beautiful blue
of an afternoon sky
I smile at the puffy white clouds
in shapes that appear to form a big fluffy poodle
exuberant and joyful
ready to
bound
only a few minutes later
a lovely cottony white blanket
ascends overhead
as
comfort
in the front gardens
the asters have begun to show
and this, only slightly
bittersweet
tugs a little
“When daisies sweet and lilies pied :
When summer roses all have died,
Thro’ August fields, with stately stride,
There comes the splendid aster. “
~ Robert Kirkland Kernighan
of course, not that I hadn’t already been feeling
the season’s gentle fade
it does so have a lovely way though, doesn’t it
twice this morning I heard geese flying over
actually spoke a few words with a small clump of moss
I passed on my way home today
feeling the need to
apologize that we… humans
continue to make living environments
so
impossible
for each other
while back at home, I am sat here
in the peacefulness
of my garden
sharing thoughts to quite possibly
no one
out into the ether they go
like delicate wisps
and still…
that’s not nothing
whilst thinking to myself
how very kind
that the lady at the flower shop
was just so lovely today
when I
stopped
in ♥