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Friday, September 30

one only


Silent
   hot night
Lit by attentive
   Venus
Broken quietness
    by the chirping
Of this one only cricket
One only witness

Both
    observing the dark
And the glittering of the star
Giving us
     no chance
To look
     into the future
And this moment
Remains
     as the only one

What else could matter?
Me
   is you,
   cricket
One and only.

 ____________________________________________________the birth...or death...of Venus by

NOTE: Although the pic is one of  the goddess, the refence to Venus here is for the planet, the star, that most shines these nights of crescent moon. It's really hot these days in my place...



5 comments:

Brian Miller said...

nice...beautiful capture...i like the sound of the crickets and gazing at the sky...it does center us in a moment...

Dulçe ♥ said...

Brian
You re tell my story in your comment- now, remember is just one cricket- the rest must have been sleeping?

Nikki (Sarah) said...

Hey Dulce....I've missed reading your awesome poems...sending you total wishes for a great weekend.....☺☺

steveroni said...

Dulce...in my head I'm hearing a field full of mating locusts...constantly. But, when on our lanai one cricket chirps, another usually responds. These sounds I love to hear. Not so, the locusts!

Absolutely LOVE your header picture. Each September/October you do an Autumn scene. This looks like the same as last year. If so, it is deserving of a second showing.

The cricket chirps
the kettle sings
the pot, she hisses
the doorbell rings
"Hallo? Who iss..."
he enters with kisses.

I worked for 10 years in a restaurant named "Cricket" in downtown Cincinnati.

Pat Hatt said...

Great piece, the crickets truly chirp and shine through.