A Scar in the Sky

Luna,

Where are you tonight?

My eyes scour the heavens,

where darkening clouds obscure

you from my sight

White light cuts a scar in the sky,

a thin line of silver, and I spy

your new crescent nestled

deep in black velvet,

A sprinkle of stars flung across the night

appear as grains of salt on midnight cloth,

or the sparkle of diamonds afloat

on ebony water.

Secrets of the southerly winds are

whispered to the sugary sands, by

the magnetic ebb and flow of waves

in breathy susurrations.

Your reflection spreads quicksilver

across the rippling surface of the sea.

in the soft light of your crescent,

Luna, smile down on me.