“Do We Really Need the Moon?”
[The title of a programme about science on BBC 4 television]
Our madnesses are necessary for
Romance and yet they loom in us sometimes,
A waxing that becomes too much—and more—
A full moon magnified by mist and crimes
Of one obsession or another. Light
Grows greater or we cause eclipses of
Its force so shadows lengthen in our night
Increasing threats to balances in love.
The tides inside our chests and in our hearts
Go washing grimly at the darker stones
.
There in our wave crashed souls and rib grabbed parts.
We find we can’t be rational. Our moans
Michael Tagggart Photography
Say wordlessly we shouldn’t want the moon
And love should have the clarity of noon.