There’s peace in
a midnight walk
alone, on a remote beach
wave watching
the twinkling fractals
trying to put the moon
back together

until thinking interrupts
with a desire
to share the moment
with someone
who isn’t here.

I’m still trying
to make peace
with that.

Image credit:Shradda Agrawal
Tom Strong

Thomas J Strong

 

Retired and living in Minnesota.