The Moon in Me

I’m so tired 

Of my feelings being so big 

Of feeling like the Moon

Is the only comparison 

With my emotions 

She is attuned 

Because the Sun

All she ever does is shine 

Radiates her energy 

Even through the clouds 

Her rays can still blind.

But the Moon

Sure she is bright 

She is beautiful too 

But all she ever sees 

Is darkness.

The waves determined 

By her inevitable fall.

Yet her beams

Never harm us.

She never stays the same

Her phases drastically changed by 

The lack of light that she can not claim.

And did you know she’s slowly leaving?

Like being on earth is simply too tough.

She isn’t even living here 

But being so close to us 

It’s just too much.

Because living

It is a constant battle 

But, at the finish line

There is no prize. 

Just release from these shackles

Release from all of this pain.

And maybe she know’s this

The Moon.

As she inches farther away 

From us each year.

So maybe,

I am

 

The Moon

But, with no stars

No light to guide me

No gravitational pull

To keep me here.

But, I’ll stay.

Through the pitch black 

Of my Today’s.

Knowing the light 

Will fully shine on me

Every 29 days.

-KD