Moonlight Sea

Soft lies cloud blown horizon on mill pond sea
Silvered layers carress velvet sky
Crisp with frost, shimmer on gentle churning sand
Tide ripples softly to obey moon transit
Slow stately curve of cool light
Displays the passage onward to morning light
One more darkness moves through time
Another step from shortest day
To hoped for spring  comes slowly
Silent new life urges seize the day