Lunation

Intensely fragile inscrutably agile

The moon is always mesmerizing
Transfixing with an unblinking eye
Waning waxing falling and rising
Shapeshifting light of the midnight sky
Never more so nor more surprising

Than at its most rare when it is barely there

When all things are new seen at first blush
Miracle of first discovery
Heart beating faster face feeling flush
The threshold beyond recovery
A new moon is like a newborn crush

And the heartbeat of the universe
Resonating regulating mine
Beats forever for better or worse
Rhythm of the mystery divine

When the moon shows its face I see it is my own
Earthly life is lived as a lunation unknown

+Steven Curtis Lance



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