Solstice Moon

My heartbeat moves along following by breath

the sound of the train on the rails

the rattle and hum of steel on steel.

And there to the left is a full moon

rising over the Alps

on this solstice night.

Full moon solstice

once in a hundred years they say.

Blue, grey warm evening

as the light climbs the mountains

I only know that she is next to me

only her breath

only her heartbeat

the moon

the mountains

the rhythm of the train

and only her heartbeat,

her heartbeat is all there is

all I know

all I need tonight.

 -Kevin Slick