Bared

Warmer temperatures and thin
cloud cover make a luminescent
ring around the moon,
the shiniest object,
and tonight's lovely feature.

You remembered her
undressed and how it stole your
breath and stopped the clock,
nude,
a perfect moment of art.

You remembered all
you did to enshrine that moment and how
the agony of its passing stripped you
naked,
which is an altogether different thing.