The Glory Of It All

Tonight, there’s a glorious sky. Inky velvety black studded with diamond stars. Orion spread across the east, the Pleiades overhead, Pegasus dipping behind the trees in the west. The Milky Way is visible – a fine cloudy spray across the arch of the firmament.
I stood outside for about 15 minutes. One car passed by, but otherwise the night was almost completely undisturbed – just the barking of a fox from the woods.
Tonight is bloody beautiful.