even-ing musing

November 21, 2009

even-ing musing

i.

I felt like snow today.

the weather disagreed, and I inquired the reason.

I’m not sad enough, it confided.

but why do you have to be sad to feel like snow?

that’s just the way it is, replied the weather.

that’s how it works.

funny.

I felt like snow, but I wasn't sad at all.

ii.

it makes me smile,

this time,

the even-ing of the day,

when the clarity of the sky

and the silhouette trees

make it look like it could be sunrise,

but it’s not.

           

like something you meant to say,

or words on the tip of your tongue:

it’s the self-same phenomenon.

           

iii.

I often long

to go out

and chase the moon. 

           

maybe,

this time,

if I weave together

enough cross-hatched

shooting stars,

I can toss a celestial net

into the darkness

and keep for myself

this feeling of twilight.

           

maybe I’ll try it again
          tomorrow.