Valentine sky
filled with the soft tawny glow
of this February Moon;
Snow Moon of the Human Beings,
the natives of this land.
First pulled to the window
then all the way outdoors to watch
the ascent in the eastern darkness
staring and moving to view
the beauty
from behind the naked trees
my bare feet on the concrete
still warm from an uncommon burst
of spring-like temperatures today.
As the Moon shimmers aloft,
I smile and shiver below, clad
only in my nightshirt, here
in the blackness
and the shadows of night.
