And Then Tonight

I walked home from dinner, feeling strained and congested from yet another cold, and looked up above my apartment to the near-full moon hovering amidst a set of clouds, surrounded by an aura of pale, yellow light. The sky was deep blue rather than the pale, grey of darker nights and the clouds stood white against it in the moonlight. They stocked the air so evenly and well that they seemed to hang still, and made the moon appear to be the object streaming by.