Eclipse is come and gone
and what I have to show for it
is some hours of easy friendship
and some moments in the sun,
a touch of coolness, but no more darkness
than the bright and dark of clouds in half the sky
— kids surprised to hear that it was over

I turn my focus
to the light that can’t be dampened,
can’t be obstructed,
can’t be snuffed out,
I turn my gaze
to the light that lights up light,
that shows me
where I am today.

©Wendy Mulhern
August 22, 2017