Moonlight

Old souls outside the window
and in my backyard.
I usually pass by without notice, but today
I stopped.
Hi, is everything alright — I said.
Anguish.
Yes –
Stumbling on on gravel roads — Thanks.

The rest passed in stillness
My only companion — the moon.
But only half
judging me from afar
like you know what it’s like to be a human being on this earth?

He smiles at me
and I smile back.

Photo by Mark Tegethoff on Unsplash