FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

you always pray
for that gift of that sense
of wonder,
the way your eyes see
for the first time
a tree, a cloud,
the way you ask about
the sun's name
whether the moon is
a gem of the dark
night,

let it not be lost
it is our only amulet
for survival
it is our mantra
for another prayer.