Waxing crescent early March.
Two more Moons until Easter.

Today, all the planets are in the evening sky,
with Mercury, Saturn and Venus
closely following the Sun;
Jupiter around mid sky,
and Mars bringing up the tail.

This evening the Moon has joined them,
just above the planets
closest to the Sun—
between them and Jupiter,
and a little higher.

The now-set Sun shines off
the Moon’s lower left-hand side,
just a sliver,
and bounces down to Earth.
The rest of it—
the Moon’s dark round disc—
absorbs that deeper light
from the Sun.

The surface light
holds the deeper light.

Like the Mother
holds the Son.