Claire V. Bogdanos

The autumn skies were like a dream

They filtered past in style supreme

Mirages drifting swiftly by

Such beauty poised in nighttime sky.

The stars all seemed to lose their place

Not one alone did shine their face

I looked above, the throbbing moon

Kept winking her half-eye too soon.

So in and out her light would go

Enchanting but I could not know

While wandering across the sky

That nights grew cold and crisp and dry.

This  jumbled quilt of cotton clouds

Were gathering in random crowds,

I looked again there o’er my head

How may I touch, my senses said.

It caught my breath within my throat

I felt my heart begin to float

I thought perhaps that I might die

The world around came rushing by.

While watching here my brain grew numb

Impoverished and overcome

The wind was brisk the air inclined

To force the thoughts within my mind

Imprinted on my inner eye

To join those clouds still sifting by !