Our house is cold.
And in the night, in the darkness, I find
a tiny hand that somehow escaped the warmth, that crept out from beneath the bedclothes,
a tiny frozen ice-pop!
And as I lie in the dark, little mitt tucked under my arm to thaw,
I think about the darkness, the vast clear coldness that stretches out above this little house of ours,
My mind expanding,
I think about what we saw there tonight.
The Moon. And Venus. And Jupiter.
Held in the skies, so bright
the stars around them retreated out of deep admiration,
I fancy.
Picture from BBC News in Pictures.Oh my heart...
Did you see it?
We saw it - it was lovely!
ReplyDeleteOh Ciara, thank you for sharing. Thick deary cloud has kept my part of Canada from looking up for days. I so wanted to see this celestial hug of three!
ReplyDeleteI missed it :(
ReplyDeleteThankyou for sharing the photo :)
Beautiful poem, Ciara. Thanks for sharing it. We missed it here, with the cloud cover.
ReplyDeleteWe did see it too! It was amazing!
ReplyDeleteWe saw it too!..with a scarlet sunset...it was magnificent.I got a photo and will put on my blogspot as soon as I can! xxx Deb
ReplyDeleteSuch a spectacular sighting... what a performance. Yes, amazing.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did see it. You describe the wonder of the sight perfectly!
ReplyDeleteYes we saw it and venus and jupiter were above the moon...it looked like a smiling face :)
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