Eclipse

All day the rain has fallen. Thick clouds shield the sun from sight, warmth from fur. We have curled tight in the house and hoped. Late afternoon the clouds rolled back, sunshine came and with it warmth and a rising of insects. Outside the air buzzed. A distant sea sound rolled and water drops dripped in a slow tune that remembered the rain symphony played earlier. Still we hoped and our hope was rewarded.
Tonight, clear sky, full moon, lunar eclipse, beautiful. And still the sound of the sea, pulled by the moon to rise and fall on the distant shore.

Eclipse

Last night a deep darkness fell over the world and the shadow of the earth stole all of the colour and light.

As the clouds washed across the sky we watched. When only a sliver of silver still shone, a whisker of moon, the whole beautiful disc could be seen, and the moon borrowed for a while the copper colour from our coats to wear as a cloak until the shadow moved out into the darkness of the universe and she once more revealed her glory.