while biking home tonight, a waxing crescent Moon hung starkly over the unseasonably dry and clear Dunlop Street. the striking scene made me hit the brakes. while admiring the celestial spectacle, I noticed a faint glow beside the sickle shape. Sunlight reflecting from the Earth lit up the Darkside, ever so slightly. simply magical

Earthshine by RUSH

On certain nights
When the angles are right
And the moon is a slender crescent

It’s circle shows
In a ghostly glow
Of earthly luminescence

Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine

Earthshine
A jewel out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine

Floating high
In the evening sky
I see my faint reflection

Pale facsimile
Like what others see
When they look in my direction

Earthshine
A beacon in the night
I can raise my eyes to earthshine

Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
Full of starlit diamonds, earthshine

Reflected light
To another’s sight
And the moon tells a lover’s story

My borrowed face
And my third-hand grace
Only reflect your glory

Earthshine
Stretching out your hand
I can raise my eyes to earthshine

Earthshine
You’re still out of reach
Form a dream to rise to earthshine
Form a dream to rise to earthshine

Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart