Lovers Quarrel

In honor of tonight's lunar eclipse.

Lovers Quarrel

brilliant Luna
is gone
not hiding
as she coyly does
throughout her
month-long journey
when sometimes
invisibly she tugs
at the heart-strings
of tides and lovers
pulling them apart
then closer again
no, this is out of her control
though proudly full of herself
she succumbs to the shadow
of the lover she cannot leave
it creeps over her
quelling the beamish
expression of herself
leaving blushes of orange-reds
across her pitted face
it lessens her -- but
tomorrow all will be forgiven
content in her cycle
she never believes
there will be a next time

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