Tailless lizard

High above a plane glistens in fading light,

crescent moon visible in blue sky.

Plane and moon pass by each other

or so is seems from where I sit.

Tailless lizard walks by on porch screen.

Does it know I cannot

reach it through the screen

or is its arrogance why it is a tailless lizard?

Late season cicadas drone in trees,

call out for love.

Do they know they must breed and die

or do they care beyond the urge to breed?

I talk with ancestors, read prayers,

ask forgiveness, beg for blessings.

I do not understand why this is.

I only know the urge to be.

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