A 4 am parkway visit to see a blood moon made me think of you.

We never took late night trips to the parkway,
but you were always so excited about the stars.

It was beautiful up there, and the stars,
the stars shined so brightly that it felt like they wanted to mark the occasion.
Did you know, this was the longest partial lunar eclipse in 580 years?

I wanted to invite you,
but knew doing so would be from a place of love and longing,
and I am working so hard to move forward from you.

I went with friends, and as we shivered in the early morning,
wrapped in car blankets, I thought of you and I,
and how happy I was to be there,
watching Earth cast a shadow across the moon,
humming songs from our moon playlist.