Ain't No Sunshine?

The sun does not mean to be cruel.

It sends its rays down to earth,

Sometimes lighting an individual's day

With its attention.

Sometimes not.

Noticed by its absence

As much as its illuminating presence.

So many clouds today.

And yet….

And yet……...

I see in the distance

Shafts of light

Penetrate through the grey.

Someone else at least

Is standing in the sunshine.

Luna Too

Awestruck by a lemon,
A shaft of light,
A man absorbed in his book.

Floating high above,
She does not see
Everyday human pains
But is instead astonished
By the commonplace miracles
She once assumed
All beings noticed.

Over and over
She was pulled in by
The weight of the world,
Bamboozled by the restrictions
Of hours and minutes,
Dazed by times imposed
Uncomplementarily upon
So natural a cycle.

More and more
She maintains her own orbit.