Lunar Eclipse

As I sat outside, hands shoved deep in my pockets, I listened to the stark silence that surrounded me. My pale eyes flickered up to the iridescent body of the moon, watching as a thin red scarf wrapped itself around. A shiver ran up my spine as the silence was broken by the ear shattering howl of a lone wolf. Somewhere in the distance he also looked at the moon, seeing the eclipse, wondering what it meant. My mind wandered after him, crunching through the ice covered forest floor, weaving between the tall pine trees. The sound of the door opening behind me jerks me back to myself. I looked around slightly disoriented until my eyes came to rest on my dog. She looked back at me, her eyes wide, her mouth curling into a friendly smile. She trotted toward me and sat down, her small tail brushing the snow into tiny whirlwinds. And so we sat, nothing but silence between us, and we gazed at the lunar eclipse. Watching as the moon was engulfed and the stars shone ever brighter.