"a keel for your wishes..."

reflection upon
reflection
upon reflection...

sun on the face of
the moon,
moon on the face of the
sea...


a tidepool
filled with moonlight and
wishes
on a summer's night

dip your toe
into the light and
it will pull you
in

buoyed by
dreams that will
seep into your
being
and color a
sapphire velvet sky
with
rock candy stars and
a marshmallow
moon.

lower yourself
slowly
feel its cool light
rise over your ankles
knees
ribs
shoulders...sending
a shiver of
fireflies
into the night air
like sparks from
a bonfire
on the beach

let them drift
on the whisper of
a midnight breeze
like stanzas of
poetry
bursting from
every pore
of the
poet
within...

lie back
and float in a
bowl of
stars
the moon
will be a keel
for your
wishes and
give your desires
full sail...

God in the face
of Christ,
Christ in the
heart of man...

reflection,
upon reflection...