October Sky – OpenLinkNight

 Written for the First Tuesday of October #OpenLinkNight @dVersePoets

Writing Notes: Inspired by a quotation, “I had discovered that learning something, no matter how  complex, wasn’t hard when I had a reason to want to know it.”― Homer H. Hickam, Rocket Boys
 

I’m held by a Harvest Moon 

setting on top of the sun.

I walk, collecting a jarful of stars

to light my way —

 

And here, a tangerine sunset

points starward above the tree lines.

Out and away —

skywinds blow home as summer wanes.

 

High upon an Ozark mountain ridge 

where oak and pine trees meet the sky,

I walk out into the woodlands along the road’s edge,

dropping out of sight.

 

I close my eyes, lifting my face to the sun —

My heart opens.

I look up to the sky,

and the stars look down — a cup held —

 

I face the wind

I touch the wind

I capture the sun and moon —

Tucking them away for another winter’s day.