Eclipse

09/27/2015

By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 28, 2015

Eclipse

At 9:30 last night
Stepping out from our room
Motel in Truro
Onto the sand
Seat near the fire pit
Settled in
Looking up
It had already started
Slowly shadow inching
Over the Harvest Moon
From left to right
Ever smaller sliver of light
Like a silent movie
The narration our chatter
Phenomenon of nature
First in 30 years
It was chilly
Still and strange
Astrid brought me a
Jacket for the
Cool air
By the sea
A lone gull screeched
Flying by
It had witnessed
A miracle
Of time and space
Then we went inside
To watch TV
While the news reported
The Pope flying home
Ever the skeptic
I though of God
The vast emptiness
And Galileo