Reversi

This one's a little bit weird. It was written from bottom up ((Thus, I have taken out the punctuation so that it makes more sense reading from both directions––Or less from one, and more from the other?)).

That said, read it through going down, and then read it again going back up, and tell me which one you prefer!

Smiling all the while

As nighttime wanders on

While cicadas begin to cry

The green grass in my hair

As a lightning flash

But all I see is bright

As the tempest rushes by

Trees sway in the wind

For it is a full moon

The clouds, too, have left

The city lights are out

The orange glow is gone, tonight

Just waiting for it to pass

I see their glow from where I lay

Smiling all the while

The celestial bodies begin to float

As nighttime wanders by