Lunar eclipse



1/20/19 

Lunar eclipse
 (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

Cold, January star speckled night 
And I gaze up at the sky. 
A cosmic marvel is about to unfold 
Once in years, as I am told.
A rendezvous ......
A whole moon, a whole earth 
In motion, on a preordained path. 
Pass each other ..
And one shadows the other
In a chance union of distances 
A sight so spectacular! 
That silver, white full moon 
Slowly fading behind a mighty shadow
Untill they are one! 
Coppery, fiery reddish hue 
So am I to you ...
Take me, shadow me, color me 
So we are neither I , nor you 
A marvel of union of two souls....

-Manpreet 

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