Echo & The Moon

I remember vividly. My baby was traveling with a different pilot than myself. First time legs met water. The USS Detroit was leaving port in New Jersey underway for the blue waters of the Caribbean. I was in Ohio caring for my mother. Beyond the work & watches, we both could imagine it as a vacation.
We spoke earlier that day. I said to him, "if you ever need me Jake, look at the moon. I will be there."
The Moon & the stars have always captivated me...& took me away for...as long as I can remember. My online name is Echo. People all across the nation & other parts of the world know me as nothing but Echo. I'm not sure how close I will come on this, but I have heard a story about Echo, I believe Greek Mythology. Echo was tormented by Narcissus for so long that she just...faded away, until all that remained was her Echo. Strange how, if I could choose a nickname, Echo would be it. I was Echo before I was aware of my mother's disease...Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
So, as the full moon came up that evening, I sat on the patio, thinking of Jake & afixed on the Moon. I don't know how much time went by. Since I've 're-tired', time seems to be more & more irrelevant. (Sometimes I don't even know what day it is. What's worse is...I don't care!) Night came on slowly. I remember a small cloud floating by in front of the moon. And then it happened. For a fleeting second, the Moon got brighter, like an aura coming from it. Like going from 60-75 watts. I & knew, that right then, right there, in that brief space in time, that Jake was there.
Our e-mails passed each other in cyberspace. Yes...he was there! He asked, as did I, "Did you see that?"

I'll believe it when I see it.

I'll see it when I believe it.