39. The Moon

the moon represents practically everything

fertility, betrayal, karma, lies

and yet, still

when I think of her

I can’t help

but

think of you

you bring out the best in me

you bring out the worst in me

balance becomes a foreign notion

a conceptualization

a myth

I am everything

I am nothing

you are everything

but you are nothing

anymore

the balance has vanished

the stability I crave is lost forever

in the tides of the ocean

pulling back and forth

over and over again

until I'm left

seasick and alone

for an eternity

and here I am

looking at you

looking at the moon