Anne Barney: "Another Moment"

Last night I woke up

too warm and in want

of a breeze.

I went to the window,

in a hurry to open it quickly,

to get back to sleep

before creatures began

to scurry in my thoughts.

I had left up the shade,

and looked forward to rising

early with first light,

that gentle rousing

before the sun shouts over the mountain.

Raising the glass, I stared out,

into a night without moon,

a night of diamonds, just-cut.

One small bit of brilliance

shot through the sky, right then,

falling, it seemed, right

in front of me, and I

felt as my breath

left my body

for just that moment,

a moment given to me

as a gift,

as all my moments are,

a flash

of brilliance, or something

on which to wish,

out of a fathomless darkness

that holds so many,

and lets so many

go.

"Another Moment" by Anne Barney. Presented here by poet submission.

Art credit: Image of a meteor taken by an unknown photographer during the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower.