Moonlight

I write these lines by moonlight
It steals in across the floor
Silky pale quicksilver dreams
And milky white promises
Flow in from the window
I lean into the cool August night
Into the limbo of late night and day break
Out of my window into the subtle secrets
Whispered from the remote orb above
I watch the tree leaves twist and bend in
The cool night breeze
I think of the way the moonlight bathes everything
And I wonder if you'll bathe in moonlight too

-08/21/02