Smiling Moon

As dusk descends upon your mind

Eclipsing all you’ve left behind

And your soul sings a doleful tune

You’ll seek after a smiling moon.

If you stop to listen  in the dark

There sings the mellow meadowlark

So don’t stop listening too soon

In the shadows of a smiling moon

For there reflected glory shines

On greater wonders, better signs

Resplendent in the claire de lune

We shall become that smiling moon

For in the shadowlands of night

When darkness would obscure one’s sight

There holiness and grace commune

A-glowing as a smiling moon.

The light reflected from the sun

Can show your way when day is done

Though not clearly as it was at noon

Under the care of a smiling moon

For there reflected glory shines

On greater wonders, better signs

Resplendent in the claire de lune

Enlightened by the smiling moon

June 11, 2023

Anthony Foster