Apo Bulan at the Stupa

2:24 AM-Colorado still awake

Spent this bright night, walking alone on the path,
under the stars to the Stupa
at the Shambala Mountain Center

with the full Apo Bulan (grandmother moon)
in the mountains,
between old stories
between stories not yet birthed

8,000 feet above sea level.
thiness of air makes me breath deep
I have never heard the silence in my ears
filled quite this way