There are still so many things I'm discovering that I didn't realize I was missing. Yesterday I noticed that our side windows in the car were tinted. Huh. Then last night was a moonless night, and I looked up. I had thought for a while now that I just
didn't have quite the same fascination for the sky that I'd always had.
Try looking at the night sky through sunglasses. That's what I was
seeing for years. I literally cried for joy when I realized I
could not count the stars again. I didn't want to come inside ever. And I find myself excited about seeing them tonight.
PS for those unsure of the correctness of the "I" in the photo caption...see Grammar Girl. I is correct....I am correct that I is correct.
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| I didn't take this picture. That's not I in the picture. |
and I remember them;
I remembered how they filled
the space of space
three dimensionally,
some small, some bright,
some clustered tightly
daring you to look at them
directly,
teasing you by
dimming,
but springing back
to full dance
when you glanced away.
I heard them singing
to me as
I traveled the road -
the glittery plane of
white Milky Way -
cutting through the dark sky.
Tonight I saw the stars again
and I remembered them
and I cried
for joy;
they were still there;
I could not count
the stars.
©Donna JT Smith
I had to re-read "I could not count the stars" & then got it! What a wonderful line. Here in the city, I can count them, but when I went to PA for the workshop, I saw the Milky Way! And the Pleiades! So happy for you!
ReplyDeleteDonna this is a great read for me during my "sky" year! Thank you. I live in a light polluted area, so whenever I get out in nature, night skygazing is definitely on the agenda. Happy day to you!
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