Right now, I should be seeing the Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse of October 14, 2023, but unfortunately, the clouds are blocking it. Bummer! In August of 2017 when we moved to our current location we were in the path of totality of the full solar eclipse of 2017 and it was a stunning and breathtaking experience.

In honor of this rare celestial occurrence I’m sharing a poem that I wrote several years ago.

Sun and Moon

Oh, how she loves him,

Spending as much time as possible

Drinking in his light

Until the rules by which she is bound

Force her down to the other side of the earth.

She reflects his light to all until

He comes again and she can spend

A few precious moments

Taking in his radiance

Soaking in his warmth

And then, the pull of her laws

send her ever spinning away.

Ah, twilight! O early morning bliss!

When they meet in the sky

Momentarily touch

Moving in this orbit

Until the days and nights

Merge into one

When she has enough of his light

To explode into a matching,

Eternal, white-hot star

And finally, together

They will never again be apart.

Laryssa M Waldron

11/7/19