Monday, October 8th, 2018
New Moon
if the moon is new
does that mean we get to start over?
you just had it in your hand
safe and whole
and you swore you’d never lose it
how could you?
it was solid and real, irreplaceable
you weren’t careless
you never looked away, distracted
or did you?
did you put it down only to discover
it’s lost!
or worse, so much worse
maybe you dropped it and
as you reached for it, heart thumping
watched it shatter
it’s gone!
when it was just whole
so what’s real now?
you have pictures
you remember how it felt
the weight of it
but now you’re standing here
without it
and nothing makes sense
you want to look for it forever
because how can it be gone?
you’ll keep searching
until you find it, or
until you accept the new reality
whichever comes first