shining on high, she looks down and smiles
we catch each other’s eye…twinkle
she, a planetary body
me, a man who watches… for a while

each new morning we share this time of peace
as day begins to break anew
before the sun or waning moon
the cool autumn and the sound of the geese

Venus glowing on her heavenly ride
I, but a man, confined to Earth
hold her sway if only fleeting
cloud passes by, the moment pushed aside

on the morrow we shall meet once again
as is the custom during Fall
seeking her on the horizon
months I wait for this affair to begin

an October love that lasts all the year
I see her when no light doth shine
looking to the sky expectantly
She looks down on me, and I shed a tear –