Love Poem: Red Moon
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Written by: Brian Sambourne

Red Moon

We stare at the moon
       blood red in atmospheric dust
       rose bits disruptive
Brought into view by a
       gravitational force 
       that shimmers round our edges

Craters, seas of lava,
       potmarks on the man in the moon
Celestial body imperfect
       unlike your flawless form
       gravity weak
       unbalanced
       leaning against me
       Milky Way connective

As we search the night sky
       in our
       own closed orbit
       that heals a world of insular pieces
       love's rumination 
       reflected
       in how
       we turn



Poem revised September 27th, 2022.
Originally written Spring 2020