Tonight

Tonight the sun disappeared
earlier than expected
and released a darkened sky

Tonight I stopped to read the stickers on someone's car--
Wear Wool So No Sheep Are Left Behind
Babies Are Born To Be Breast Fed

Tonight the waitress brought the wrong meal
Tonight I watched a woman knitting in a restaurant
while waiting for her dinner

Tonight a Harvest Moon hung in the sky
Tonight I wondered about tomorrow
and the tomorrow's to come
Tonight I thought about how life pirouettes
through the days, reckless with time
never able to hold the days
to stay the calendar