Darker place

What if there is a meteor shower and the cloud cover does not cooperate?  What if our darker place is not dark enough, with all the city lights?  I remember trying to drive out west the last time we had a comet to see, and we couldn*t get west enough of the city to see much at all.  This is when I*d love to live in a place where the Milky Way shows a full band across the sky.  I bet the meteors would streak abundant there.  Still... tonight I pray for the clouds to go where clouds go to sleep, and enough darkness to catch a meteor or two.

Tonight

We will seek a darker place,

Watch the sky

For streaks of light.

We will ooh and ah

Count them,

Then lose track,

There will be so many.

Tonight,

I think,

A darker place

Under the stars.

Still,

In the meantime,

I love the daytime clouds.

They offer a dimmer switch

For the sun.

But tonight,

I think,

A darker cloudless place

Under the stars.

I pray for the clouds

To find a new home

Where the sun sets

Splendid,

Stripes the sky

In preparation

For all

The nighttime streaks of light

Too many to count.