missing: 1,000 words

turning a city block after work
a sight made me

halt

and catch my breath.

t'was 20 minutes before sun set
90 minutes after moon rise:
the orbs almost facing
in the sky.

it rained most of today
but the clouds had receded from the city
leaving an island
of clear blue
surrounded by thick
sunlit
whipped cream mounds
(the top side
of rainclouds.)

I was facing east
the sun at my back.

in front of me
a half-mile down geary street:
st. mary's cathedral
resplendent in golden light
billowing rain clouds behind her
the near-full moon hanging
in a deep blue sky above.

I watched
as an airplane flew in front of the moon
and one second later
was dazzled
when the sun suddenly reflected
off all of the windows
in the sky scrapers
behind the church.

of course I had no camera.

photo harvested from google images