I rose at 4:30 and while walking the dog
just had to stare at the sky.
The air was crisp and quiet.
The horizon was painted in soft clouds
barely visible through the still leafless, skeltons of trees
yet above the canopy of trees the majority of the sky was purple and cloudless
showing off the stars with absolute clarity.
The moon hung low still in the clouds
as not to diminish the brightness of the stars with its own light.
I could have stared at that sky for hours.
