The half moon hangs over the top of the house As the color begins to fill the sky With light yellow light pinks, hot pinks and oranges And the sky in-between a turquoise blue Further to the north with wispy clouds are soft pastels of pink and purple Whimsically suspended in the air With all shades of blues to the north filling in the gaps Creating quite a beautiful quiet scene
My heart skips a beat when with moon caught my eye As I was wondering where it would be hanging in the morning sky And it’s bright halfness seems right for this morning And I like to imagine the other half is with you This halfness feels familiar as I gaze
The lady cardinal comes to eat along with a junco Hopping around on the snowy table Looking for seed I step out to fill the feeders The sun is getting close to rising as the gold clouds indicate The birds sing their thank you as I come back inside And there the bright red male carinal comes to eat along with another lady And a sparrow I listen to their melodious songs They must be as excited for the sun as I am
And there the light hits the wall Putting a spotlight on the words “All you LOVE” written on the chalkboard A glow fills the living space behind me I’m reflecting on the ways we really do live our days so similarly Sometimes I forget the ways I live on my own I watch the sunrise, drink my coffee, feed the birds, walk the property Enjoy food and drink Take in the sunset Appreciating with immense gratitude the quiet and space here Even play the guitar, read and write, and dream of you returning The woodpecker joins in along with a finch The sunlight highlights the red on their heads Quite a sight actually
This halfness of the moon Feeling so familiar, nature explaining to me how I feel, who I am Even when just showing the half the half still shines brightly Carries on until the full face of the moon sees the sun again Perpetuating love and rhythm and care and guidance While the other half shines brightly somewhere else on the other side of the world Perpetuating love and rhythm and care and guidance Both halves lighting the way for those who see, who look up Both halves looking over what is theirs to look over, taking responsibility for only that Until at last both halves will shine together again in fullness, with bright radiant light Perpetuating love and rhythm and care and guidance together To one part of the world at a time But for the moment we shine separately Shining brightly in our individual wholeness and halfness
Two morning doves make their way to the fallen seed on the ground Ice cycles fall from the sky The speckled starling sits on the perch The juncos, the sparrows, the finches all feast together As one day soon we will do the same.
February 2020