Originals

June 2025

The Poem

Reciprocity

Mood in gloom

Woven within waves and hills

Dewy ornaments hang from trees

Moon swathed in spectral mist

In dull splendor burns the dew

A scattered reflection stirs


And I think—

I’ll rest in this reciprocity

If only 

for a little while

-Laura Van Moorleghem

Field Note

It was like a dream, driving through the heavy mist that wove itself into the hills and valleys, forming delicate ornaments on the tips of the leaves. Mood and gloom overtook the atmosphere in a way that made you, not downhearted but fully accepted, understood. And looking over the hills, squinting into the distance you could see a mile or so where the water droplets in the air met the ocean’s. And as your eyes followed the droplets into the sky, the moon appeared dull, but visible, burning the dew. Where a timely scattered reflection on the crashing waves ensued. Evidence of the reciprocal nature of the wild. Yes, I rested, reflected for just a little while, awake and at ease in my reality.