Note to Self

 

Time irrevocably passing

Better to learn what night is about

 

Sleep as briefly as possible

Become intimate with stars

 

Know Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter

Know the moon and its phases

 

Engage in the conversation of night

The owls, the coyotes, appreciate the undefined

 

Walk in moonlight, without color, walk in darkness

When the moon has waned, or clouds obscure

 

Be afraid, it is natural to be

Be unafraid, nothing could be more natural

 

Than the end of day, the sun removed

The night sky vast, magnificent

 

Or utterly devoid of light

Of the familiar 

 

Embrace solitude, know solitude

Is a state of mind, alone an illusion

 

 

 

 

 

 





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Written on 2020-09-08 at 17:15

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AFRODITE STATHI
I just loved it.I think this is really art.I am gonna start reading sky and moon from now on.Bravo!!!!
2020-09-15


shells
I read this yesterday and didn't have time to comment. For me this seemed to bring age to the fore and that timely attunement of the here and now of solitude that is solace.
2020-09-10


Ann Wood The PoetBay support member heart!
Great job Jim well done
2020-09-09



Still absorbing the poem, but impressions are quite positive!
2020-09-09


josephus The PoetBay support member heart!
Very well written, Jim. I recall much the same sensations when on long night passages offshore. Again, we’ll done!
2020-09-08