Today

Today is the solstice

And for you, another trip around the sun

Bringing the promise of release from winter's grip,

and the days grow longer as we move

From darkness towards spring.

I'm sure you didn't know

that it marks the death of Samuel Beckett, or that

73 years ago they caught a Coelacanth

off the west coast of Africa 

...very much alive despite 65 million years of supposed extinction.  

And 30 years ago you were too new to know

or care

 that one of the Beatles’ marriage certificates had just sold at auction for $850.

But in the measure of time, of things.

Of the marking of events,

and the making of meaning

I hope someday someone reads

Knows

that this morning I woke

just after 2 am

To look at the night sky.

To write this for you.

© J. Popowich