Sky-watchers delight
For the blood moon tonight
This lunar eclipse
Will be a great sight
With bright eager eyes
They shall hope for clear skies
Cameras all ready
For the full moon to rise
The occasion's rare
To be seen everywhere
And tomorrow there'll be
Many pictures to share
I cry out with joy!
Winter silence greets my calls;
Every way I turn,
Facing cold stone walls.
So wanting to dream;
To spread my coloured wings wide -
But I'm trapped in grey,
With dim thoughts inside.
I work hard to smile,
Through my poorly-masked sorrow;
Hoping things will be
Better tomorrow.
Though, as time glides by,
My faith begins to falter;
Drifting shadows pass -
Life doesn't alter.
Yet, I daren't question
When our weary
Yellow sun
Rests her head,
The day is done,
And it is
Time for bed.
Darkness soon spreads,
As day's last
Light departs -
And then the great
Night concert
Promptly starts.
While soft winds blow
Gentle wisps,
Beckoning -
Ushering the
Audience -
Crickets sing;
Providing their
Smooth rhythm,
Without light -
Easily heard.
Yet, they stay
Out of sight -
Until the mighty
Orb of our
Moon rises high,
And a chorus
Of white stars
Fill the sky.
Then the cast on
Nature's stage,
Shining bright,
Are playing the
Melody
Of the night.
Being "good" while being ill
Takes a fair amount of skill.
Could there be a more bitter pill
Than prescribed months of sitting still?
Rules to rest and to take care;
Stay positive, polite and fair -
When each move I make can cause a scare.
It's sometimes difficult to bear.
I live my life from day to day.
Doctors orders - I must be obey.
They'd send me off to bed to stay,
But tell me, could you live that way?
I know they worry 'cause they're kind;
My body is badly designed -
But I don't want to be sidelined,
So rules must be broken, I find.
I look back with regret,
As the signs were all there.
Although, at the time,
I didn't much care.
The risks had seemed small,
And my future - faraway.
They were concerns for later,
But not for today.
My misty mind kept me
From accepting the threat.
While deep down, I knew -
I tried to forget.
I buried my fears
Where I had hoped they would stay.
Yet, I constantly worried
They'd surface one day.
These menacing feelings
Lingered 'til the date
When true peril arrived,
And I met with my fate.
All along I had known,
Whilst pretending, instead -
To have never foreseen
Such clear danger ahead.