FADING INTO THE GRAY LIGHT

And that was the day
of the eclipse,
the sky darkened at noon
like a gathering thunderstorm
bathed in a shroud of light.
I looked even though they said
it would burn out my retinas,
but it felt so much like I felt...
this burning, haunting haze
of gray air...I had to look,
and it reminded me
how your absence
had eclipsed my existence.

May 10,1994 12:10 p.m.