Eclipse Poem by Gert Strydom

Looking like a divine sign
of Godly serenity
the shadow falling over me,
falling further and further

were turning the moon
copper red,
darkening the sky,
making stars visible near to it.

Dark goes the earth
as far as my eyes can see
while the moon hides the sun
turning black
in a full eclipse
and the sun’s photosphere
hangs in a blue white hue
around it.

It was almost as if God Himself
was holding His hand
and now making an arc
to shield the earth
from a flaming star.

What great events
was now awaiting humanity
in a world, torn by wars,
suffering and human misery?