A Full Moon measure of Time

The stars were pretty dim tonight 

And muted behind clouds, the moon.

Jupiter was supposed to nudge close 

Shining bright, and the shine gone 

All  too soon. 

It’s the clouds you see, they’re the cause

Of the change of plans in the sky,

Just as our clouded judgements

Destroy us, when our true Nature

We defy.

The clouds will lift, and time it’s toll 

Does take, the moon’s fullness then reduced

Teaches us, it’s the law of Nature, and 

A price is paid, and that time cannot be abused. 

It’s best wisely used. 

So to pick oneself up, is all you can do.

However hard, the first steps one must take

All journeys being with the lifting of one’s foot,

And then another, and another in pursuit

Of our dreams. 

Take not the high road, that much at least 

to one’s self is owed. So strap on those boots

And rising tall, on the horizon keep your eye

For time is a ticking a ticking away, nothing faster 

Than time can fly.  

The moon and the stars, if they can be 

over come by clouds, don’t you see?

What chance does stand a mortal mere

For doubts to turn them in? It’s time, 

Time always wins. 

Veenu Banga

Copyright 08/22//2021

11:25 pm

Backstory: I went to see the full moon 🌝 last night and it had a thin opaque film of cloud. Could Barely see the stars. And yesterday Jupiter was supposed to be closer to the moon and would have been shining bright, but clouds ☁️ came in the way of that celestial plan, at least over my part of the world. So this is what I perceived. 

08/23/2021.