“Nor the moon by night” ~ Psalm 121
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Please never interfere at night, God. Let
The moon strike any time it wants. I need
It. Keep the sun away, but, please, God get
The moon inside my moonless heart. Impede
The sexless sun but send the moon to shake
My blood. Let stars be shattered in their course
And cast their spears inside my ribs. Please make
Eclipse of every sun but send the force
Of starlight — love, drag moonlight into me.
Let planets such as Venus pierce my chest.
You know why. Even blind divinity
Can see why moons fulfill a lonely quest.
A crescent moon might be enough, a slash
