fingernail photos and running like hell ..

i saw the moon today
a fingernail sketch

it was like every other moon i've ever seen
and yet not

i reminded my self to look
paused

i even took a photo
like i'd never seen the moon before ..

but this wasn't just any moon ..
it was today's moon
the now-moon

the moon is there today

i'm not sure it'll be there tomorrow
figured i'd better see it while it's still there

i'm not sure i'll be here tomorrow
figured i'd better see it while i'm still here

..

i saw the setting sun today
a glimpse over running water
oranging the clouds

i'm not sure it'll be there tomorrow
figured i'd better see it while it's still there

i'm not sure i'll be here tomorrow
figured i'd better see it while i'm still here

..

.

a refugee died today
in  the back of a truck
smothered by a thousand other refugees
buffeted by a rabid sea
on a lonely railroad track
in Nomans Land
running like hell from Inhuman
clutching a small photo in her cold wet stiff fingers
" freedom " scrawled in ink on her forearm
    maybe a plea to God

..

.

where is God ?
?

..

was that God's fingernail ?
was that Your orange breath ?

how come i get to see fingernail moons and orange cloudskies
    if i should die before i wake ..
and she's dead
today
no sketchy moon
no setting sun
just the darkness of a thousand smothered runners on a rabid railway buffeted by a lonely Nomans Land in the back of a truck clutching a thousand small photos yelling " FREEDOM!! "
   maybe a plea to You
..

while i sip tepid cofffee typing on my computer

..
.

where are You
.. .. .     . ..      .     ...       .       ..             .      .