The screen door’s slam did echo in my ear
And sticky was the air which lungs did long.
Your figure silent as a lonely deer,
Upon dusk, my heart bear a gentle song.
My toes did divide in worn away sandals
And eager did the crickets cheer me then.
Mid-July’s swelter, endured all too ample,
Embraced we’d be, just a matter of when.
Off we went, only owl’s eyes could spot us
There drawing close beneath full grown leaves.
Your hand now in mine, life lines of old rust,
Stubborn roots of yellow dandelion weeds.
O hot summer night how you melt me slow,
Keep on the pace only lovers can go.
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Luna de Flor
This 2021 Gemini season, those born under this positive Air sign will be called out on all they try to keep hidden from themselves―sorry not sorry. Beginning on May 26th, the full moon’s relentless and far-reaching glow will reveal those thoughts and feelings which you have managed to suppress. With her full-rounded power she will coax out of you the emotions you have buried deep and put off facing until they surround you like ocean waves and you have no choice but to tread water in their midst. Luckily, you will not be inclined to resist this process once it begins! In fact, with a lungful of breath you will howl out a grateful sigh of relief, almost worshipful, like a lone wolf who breaks the silence of the night air with his echoing call. This is because within this uncomfortable self-confrontation there is the seed that will bloom your new petals to flaunt just in time for summer solstice (which begins the day after Gemini’s transformative season ends). After all, May’s full moon is the Flower Moon, which you will embody so long as you complete the self-nourishing work.
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