Peripatetic Moon

moon of moments:

orange carp glistening in a leap free of water

crying of foxes just before dawn in July

scissor-tailed flycatcher in repose

vole in snow tunnel untouched by wind

a white pine falls lifting a halo of earth onto its side

there is the gait of it, opening:

intention

there is no action without it, no movement

free of an orientation to self & other

standing, sitting, lying down, walking

momentary moon:

snapshots of fragments half-remembered

garden of black seeded sunflower nimbus

laughter from the naked bottom of the river

pirouetting like a cloud on the longest day

marriage of the sun & moon

firelight, beeswax, pearjuice

all day tree shadows crawl on snow

walking out their dark choices

newly visible nest among thin winter limbs—

a high-up haven of annual grandeur

vulnerable, exposed & hidden as the heart

walking in wind

the practical way

to touch the sky