Christmas ships

Christmas ships

rainy, with some fog

but i can see nearly across

the valley floor

packing and unpacking

what i’ve lived with for decades

will be damp work

but deciding to leave most

to be sorted out and given away

was much the best decision

since getting to see the Christmas

ships with Alisa last night at Nancy and Dave’s was such a joy!

not above question

at 34000 feet the clouds a fleecy blanket

moon-enchanted to pearly gray-white

Mt. Jefferson a looming black triangle

penetrating the woof and weave

occasional eerie glows haunt the pattern

as cities’ fear to yield to night’s darkness

pierces what Nature had enjoyed for eons

human ingenuity using energy against

what has long sufficed for uncertain gain