Mary McCloskey

Into the woods

Into the woods

The moon amidst the trees

Two windows

Beach dreams

Soon, soon,

we will be off to the beach,

dipping our toes in the icy lake,

baking our backs against the hard sand

and remembering, remembering

all those joyous days when we

thought of nothing ahead

but days spinning in to one another

full of sand, sun and the blue lake.

Chinese lanterns light the way

This shower of light

This morning the light filtering onto the patio appeared almost celestial.