I watched Saturn’s rising

through the velvet night sky

I followed the star’s eastern path

until the morning sky turned into

silvery silvery blue

sky blue on blue

carrying away the cold blackness of night

born into Saturn’s new light

and promises of planets among stars

Mercury spinning directly below earth’s horizon

followed the new day’s sun

along an ancient journey of light

I caught my mountain top’s morning glow

tucking it away into my pocket

as if to save it for a rainy day

to hold one moment

to know understanding

to find second chances

in the pink glow

of a new sky dawn

Saturn’s rising upon this Christmas day