Lunar Eclipse This Morning

A lunar eclipse this morning
running muddy red to smoke gray
tracked across a black sky
and an earth so dark
that you couldn't see a thing
by looking at it
only by looking near it.

Riding my bike in the morning
is the only time I really feel
in the moment
during the whole day.
I focus on my breathing
and my pedaling
how do my legs feel?
what's in front of me?
That's the way life
should be
all the time.

(Totally cool lunar eclipse photo from TurboSpaz on Flickr.)