weather patterns

No tumult of hurricane 

no straight-line wind ripping the ground 

no flood waters rising
no ice storm cracking ...
softer than forecasted
stronger than expected
a mingled taste of blue night 

and 

crescent moon on the roof of my mouth
swallowed into

white river birch falling 

honeyed amber autumn 

pressing
pressing
pressure swells
into the corona lunar gravity
of you