Sea of Tranquility
A thin translucent rime
Of phosphorescent pink rings the blue horizon
A clear penumbral halo
Blushing to be seen by an intruder in the sky.
An arching coral dome crowned
By a single diamond set
high in a seamless velvet sky
A diadem of rarest clarity and cut
Hanging in the perfect azure light
The waning crescent moon
Reflects the pure steel white
Distilled strength of the western sun.
A carpeting of grey white clouds
Whose upturned faces here and there
Are tinged a slight golden glow
Reflecting out into the eternity of space
The glory, sweetness of an early summer night.
Beneath that carpet, shawl of ragged clouds
A distant memory ago
Superior darkness flooding, cloaks the
Ceaseless motion of terrestrial lives.
All hail this transient suspended state
Removed from life and cares and fate
Well named by all the ancients.
This is heaven.