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The next time
you feel self-conscious,
just remember:
once a month,
the moon gets out of bed
without her face.
you feel self-conscious,
just remember:
once a month,
the moon gets out of bed
without her face.
Literature
The Lunar Divide
In the nights I have spent sleepless and
restless, I have developed the habit of
opening my curtains and staring, bleary
eyed, at the moon arching overhead. It
cuts through the dusk with reflected light
and a curved smile, wide eyes blinking
as the month spins past the horizon. In
these strange pre-dawn hours, when the
rest of the world is asleep and unaware,
I stand bare-foot by the radiator and watch
the moon flicker behind wisps of January
mist, twirl in August dresses, wrap up in
November frost. She smiles and she winks
and she watches me with bright ivory teeth,
promising me that however dark the days
seem, that there is always light,
Literature
Ink
-she's not reaching
for the words
(dangling by the threads
of letters
never meant to be hers
wasn't something
she wanted sewn
across her wrists)
because she knew
just standing at an impasse
was so much better than
trying to fill the void
with never-sent ink stains-
Literature
cosmic love
You must have heard
of the universe balling its fists
at our doors, scattering stardust
between our toes, asking us only to
breathe and mean
the rain that lessens our
worldly burden.
Let the sun be the sun and us be the grass,
while the rain remains the same and
we grow where the stars crashed,
rising through layer after layer of cosmic ash.
Let the flower buds blossom when our hearts bleed from our bosoms.
Seeking truth through the sinews every season,
let us be renewed.
I listened to each spring
reincarnate in our sights and we
remained the same, didn't we, we were all
made of His light. We are the catharsis
of a saddened Lord, now co
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Still Day 3!
Because, you know, new moons and all.
Edit--I posted this on facebook, and THIS was my little brother's response comment: um does this mean the man left her? mom and I curious since she wakes up without her face and the face is called the man on the moon. and does this one time of the month happen to be her menstrual cycle and this man knows when to gtfo properly?
I'm just happy he took the time to read and think about it. Bravo, little bro!
January 3rd, 2014
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