Grandmother Moon

The night you left us

My world went dark

My life as I knew it was over, gone

A void was left, that can never be filled

The emptiness aching, suffocating

Under the cloak of darkness

In the black of that heavy night

Buried in the shadows, I quietly cried

But inside I was screaming

A pain in my chest

Radiating throughout me

With a growing unrest

I began to think I was dying too

And honestly, I would’ve welcomed it

If it meant it’d bring me back to you

But in the thick of the grief

Through the turbid night

The moon shone, perfectly in line

With my window, an argent ray of light

Like a silver sun, uncommonly bright

Cutting through the shadows’ weight

And in the moonlight, I felt your spirit

With me, as if you never left

I felt your embrace in the vivid gleam

Amidst the dead of night

Your love took on the form of the moon

Your luster in life transformed

Into the luster of moonlight

And it eased my grief just a bit

It reminded me that you’re still here

Whether in flesh or in spirit

You’re an ever-constant presence

In my life, then and now, I feel it

So stay with me as I navigate

This new phase of my life

Guide me, illuminate the darkest nights

Because when I see the moon, I see you

Light my way, Grandmother Moon

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