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Moon Goddess

John

By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
John’s inner turmoil, art by Carol Makky

Dreams lie in the sewer

No, lower than a sewer

In the freeze point

In a slab of muck and grime

They are reconstituted and reformed

The struggle of their restricted lives

The sudden death of such a dead-alive dream

Crashed like a crazy dreamscape that crushed my very heart like a sledgehammer

Of my father’s name decimation

Though, in my day dreams

More vivid than memories

As my memories are full of squishy, squiggly lines, crossed out X’s

And frigid static that hits me like a brick

Needles that line up like candy dots on wax paper

But when I day-dream of you, my Moon Goddess,

My Barbara,

You light up everything like a gleaming yellow star

And I hear the truth

And the sewer is not the sewer

But a hard frozen glacier on top of

Mountain top, overlooking

Moon Goddess, you.

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Author note: If you enjoyed this piece, please check out my Amazon account and purchase my short stories book here

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago

    Great job ❤️💬🥰

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