There fared upon a braw moonlit night Mrs. Wright
A silver slither so shining heavenly bright
Enchantingly lit ‘long a dark and dreary cloud
All luminous upon that lonely drifting shroud
A scene of idyll breaking night a glistening ray
An arrow flying from Artemis aimed this way.
Across the seamless sky that seam of silver played
Then silent seraphim serenely sudden rayed
And heaven’s wondrous world did perfect vision ward
So fair this light did wander o'er the darkened ford
And held a mortal's life from shadow land’s abyss
(Though poets blinded-genius people surely miss)
A scene so sweetly seeming served upon our stare
A song of silver sounded worthy written prayers
That came upon our tongues from timeless hidden sight
Where spirits swirl and swell in temple’s sacred light
Then fared upon this world, a moonlit summer night.
©2026 R.A.R. Knight
Author’s Note:
A real event, a bright line of moonlight lit brilliantly along the edge of a cloud, it looked like a crack in the universe, the sky, letting something come forth from a region outside this world. Something beautiful. It is a simple homage to a moment and the thoughts that erupt at such times.
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