Friday, January 06, 2023

At the Rising of the Moon

Full moon over Upper Turkeyfoot


Not much is moving

but the road under us

and the blur of our wheels,

the sun down and the moon rising

through the Belt of Venus

in the banded east.


We stop on a hilltop

in a windless silence.

Not much is moving

but the blood in our veins,

the rush of ourselves,

the universal hum.


In the year's first week,

it is that quiet.

But, oh, the torrent internal.