Went 7-mile walkin' tonight
Oh how far I've come in just seven weeks
From when I had to split up a 3-mile walk
Into halves, taking a long rest half-way
along the way, at the memorial bench
at the South end of Beese Park
looking back North at the baseball fields
but mostly the willow trees picture-framing
the marsh to the East
(Where by the way,
(and perhaps not entirely coincidentally
(Adam James, Nathan & I
(had bicycled to the football field
(playing without a care in the world
(under the biggest, roundest, orangest
(Fielder's moon I had ever seen;
(Pay attention
(the cycle repeats
(all things are connected)
Windy, windy, windy, windy, windy squall night
And a cold wind too,
My view of the sky very limited by the tall houses,
and the tall overhanging trees
Where's that old moon tonight?
Where's my moonlight friend?
Where's my moonlight sonata?
Where's my claire de lune?
As I walked first North, and then East
not a moon in sight
not a moonbeam
not a hint
And this seemed so strange because
I've started to follow the moon when I walk
And she's been moving, always moving on me
Teaching me just how much (as if I needed to be taught to know)
There is that I don't know, and how little that I do.
Then low hanging in the Eastern sky - what was that?
Huge orb, orange glow, reflecting those last memories
of sun setting, so big, so breath-taking
but just hinting at its presence.
I must walk on.
Zig-zagging back and forth to chart the 7-mile excursion
Moon thoughts forgotten as the wind continued blowing,
Sometimes even howling
and even when I made the sharp turn going due East on Main Street
there were no hints that old moonie even cared enough
to show off her splendor
UNTIL, that is, I got to where Northwest Highway
and Main street meet, and the view of Northeast-East
night sky comes revealed
And even though the moon by now was not sun-radiant-reflected orange
Old moon shone bright and awesome, in a way that will make me
forever reluctant, to use "awesome" to describe a thing again
All white now, this moon looked just like
The giant 1,185 pound biggest pumpkin award winning pumpkin
I saw most recently
Set on a violet sky, as if waiting for me
To fly up off my feet
and come to the table
to admire her.
Moonlight
Moon bright
First moon I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
Forever hold the moon I see tonight
There is so much to learn
Too much, perhaps
But I will try and drink it in
All this that I can
Moonlight Sonata
Claire de Lune
Both you two tunes
Calling to me
Play me
Play me
Sing me
Sing me
Bring me
Bring me
Into another's heart
Into another's mind
Into another's soul
Time to start to play the piano again
It's been way too long
Way too long away.
