I regret not seeing all those sunsets
stuck indoors doing the cooking
for dinner time
or marking essays
but I did see lots of sunrises
especially through the lens
got fixated by photographing sunrises
up early for work anyway
and there’s the night sky
I regret not seeing all those stars
that are invisible in the city
which can be seen out in the country
I remember all those youthful nights
when it was so exciting to be outside at night
and so exciting to sit and talk
but as an adult hardly ever
get out to drink in the night
then there’s the moon
or the special super moon
so often shielded by cloud
stuck indoors doing the cooking
for dinner time
or marking essays
but I did see lots of sunrises
especially through the lens
got fixated by photographing sunrises
up early for work anyway
and there’s the night sky
I regret not seeing all those stars
that are invisible in the city
which can be seen out in the country
I remember all those youthful nights
when it was so exciting to be outside at night
and so exciting to sit and talk
but as an adult hardly ever
get out to drink in the night
then there’s the moon
or the special super moon
so often shielded by cloud
and all those failed moon shots
Love this poem Anna - thinking of all the different meanings...moon shot as in Apollo 11 (for some reason the Auden poem comes to mind:
ReplyDelete"Moon Landing
It’s natural the Boys should whoop it up for
so huge a phallic triumph, an adventure
it would not have occurred to women
to think worth while, made possible only
because we like huddling in gangs and knowing
the exact time: "
But then you have the photographic meaning - the main one
Then, having teenage (and just pot-teenage) children - shot takes on a different meaning - which also refers back to staying up all night and not going out into the night to drink any more.... and off course there is always the light of the moon - moonshine. Drink enough of that stuff and you are high....how high? How high the moon?