{"id":127643,"date":"2023-09-02T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=127643"},"modified":"2023-09-02T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T16:46:18","slug":"blue-moon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/blue-moon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Moon (Hour 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

The morning after you left,<\/span><\/p>\n

the Moon refused to set.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the neon sun rose, she \u2013 blue marble in a sea of pink sky \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

still gazed upon you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full and bright,<\/span><\/p>\n

She would not leave her sister Sun to mourn you alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moon knows what she has done – what she showed you,<\/span><\/p>\n

and she is not ashamed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why should she be?<\/span><\/p>\n

She is marvelous, splendid, and resplendent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Had she ever burned you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Had she ever poisoned you?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She began to tug at you a week before<\/span><\/p>\n

she fully unveiled.<\/span><\/p>\n

Naked, she climbed high and turned her phosphorescent face toward\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaned in on you sighing as Earth groaned under her weight.<\/span><\/p>\n

You should have looked her directly in the eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Not looking is what causes some to crumble –<\/span><\/p>\n

Caused you to crumble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t anyone ever tell you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Full moons don\u2019t drive people mad,<\/span><\/p>\n

But the shame and hiding \u2014 well,<\/span><\/p>\n

That will do you in.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Moon glitters what we hide.<\/span><\/p>\n

She offers us a chance to surrender,<\/span><\/p>\n

and if we don\u2019t, our glowing contraband is ripped from us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t anyone ever tell you?<\/span><\/p>\n

Poor child, how could you possibly suffer the weight of her<\/span><\/p>\n

unless you give up?<\/span><\/p>\n

How else could you survive her splendor<\/span><\/p>\n

unless you reverence the fractured reflection mirrored in her face?<\/span><\/p>\n

How could you know the beauty and function<\/span><\/p>\n

of your twinkling pieces, until you saw them fully formed by the light of the Moon?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So, she, with all of the full moons before her,<\/span><\/p>\n

Silently absorbs the blame for<\/span><\/p>\n

all of the ways we cracked under\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The weight and fullness of her gaze,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

beam of her closeness, and<\/span><\/p>\n

might of her pulling.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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