When The Daily Grind Gets You Down...

     I stayed way passed my shift one night... To unwind, I rode my beast north on the 101.  My mission, to get a better look at the night sky without city lights to drown them out... 

     Deep above, Orion stood with prominence... If I am not mistaken; Those stars may be the brightest elements of what is actually the Andromeda Galaxy, but I'm no expert... Underfoot, Venus, Sirius, Aldebaran and Jupiter played "ring around the rosy," circling a recumbent crescent moon... High above, Pleiades seven sisters cling together, anxiously waiting the early dawn, when the fore mentioned companions will so completely out shine and cause them to go into hiding... All the while that easy moon just kicked back and smiled... 

    I can not help this sensation... Far beyond all of these known or perceived astounding heavenly bodies, there is something... There is an unrelenting beckoning... Something that craves to feel, like the longing one has, when you miss the touch of a lost impassioned lover... I know the communion still is... I am, have always, will ever be... Connected... Connected... Connected...