Moon Boy Sun Girl
At first
like sunlight
streaming and beaming on you
a shaft ray from heaven
like the ones that pierce the clouds
convincing the viewer.....Surely there IS a God!
I adored you
In our first weeks ....
love
was like the dabbled sunlight beneath a giant Maple tree
dancing hues of green and yellow
the smell of cut grass
the touch of gentle breezes ...and finger tips
too Soon...perhaps
I was ready to lay naked on a beach of sheets
tanning in our mutual glorious glow...
morning noon and night
Your terrain was remarkable and it took time to know it well
Your watery flow became an undertow
I could feel my hungers for you surge
like tidal pullings
waves pushing me
demanding me ...toward your shores
I was addicted
You became
increasingly silvery and moon like
Your light grays reflecting off darker waters
....casting shadows on the places where we walked
My steady golden light became as sun flares
erratic
demanding reaching and hot
....then barren with red gulping frustration and even rage
You would wane further
Becoming sliver-ous and silent
...with your new tiny thin white sharp edged meanness
Holding me at moon point
You would hook me just as I sought to slip away beneath the waves as they meet the horizon
and Escape!
It is then that you cratered me
always returning
only to pull away again
always returning
only to pull away again
like an asteroid hitting or a meteorite sliding by
One or more of them must have hit you hard
to set a path such as this in flight
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