5
“The shadows of the moon
Lead only to the moon,”
He said, grasping
The crystal in his luminescence.
“The stars you see
Are no longer there
In reality.
Light-years have passed
Since that glimmer was cast.”
I turned from his dark eyes.
“I don’t want shadows of the moon.
I don’t want fading glimmers of stars.
I want to be
In her burning brilliance
To be consumed.”
"5, The shadows of the moon" was first published in Two Wholes Make It Total, 1978. The persona rejects the shadows of orbs and the light of stars as too far from reality. For the persona, reality lives in the company of the new true love; she gives both light and warmth.
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