I Sent A Present To The Moon

I sent a present to the moon
wrapped in pale green tissue.
a small note embossed that read:

thank you for appearing

so creamy overhead
in the dark coffee skies;
for being at times

a slight bud on the stem of dream;
for hiding in the clouds
so effortlessly

and slipping through
and seeming to say something that white gold
so wordlessly so that flowers breathe;

so that I am reminded
the fireflies also embroider the nights
and luna moths share that shade

of green I almost see in you
in early Spring, gardenia bright;
for resembling in certain phases

my Grandmother's silver bowl
the one I polished on Saturdays
so that it shone

the way you
shine down on me.

mary angela douglas  4 decemer 2017