The Eclipse

Suddenly
the moon
takes away
the sun
and brings
darkness
to the afternoon,
it sends birds
into the trees
and sets
the unknowing
running
to the caves,
but within
moments,
the world is safe
again, and there
is light,
and you realize
that what you
thought of
as doom,
as some tragic
end
is just a passing
dark moment
in your life.