Selenophile

Dancing with the Moonlight

Muhammad Ali
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
3 min readSep 29, 2024

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**Selenophile**
*Dancing with the Moonlight*

I wander beneath a silver veil,
lost in the glow of lunar whispers,
where the night unfolds softly,
wrapped in the embrace of shadows —
silent lullabies of stars and dreams,
each beam a brush of light,
each twinkle a sigh.

There’s enchantment here,
in the cool caress of moonlight,
where time slows,
and worries dissolve like mist,
binding me to realms
where magic breathes in the stillness,
and the cosmos cradles my thoughts.

The moon is my muse,
a lover who beckons me close,
its surface a canvas of secrets,
each crater a memory,
each glow a promise
that transcends the ordinary.
I savor every moment,
each glance a brushstroke
on the tapestry of my soul.

I dance with shadows,
underneath this celestial glow,
where wishes soar on moonbeams,
and hearts heal in the quiet of night,
where dreams ignite like fireworks,
and souls shimmer like the stars.

In every glance, I find a new path,
a new dream to chase,
and in this endless waltz,
I am never alone.
The moon becomes my companion,
its phases echoing my own,
its cycles a reflection of life’s rhythms,
and I am with it,
in every rise,
in every gentle fall,
where silence speaks louder than words.

I walk through the night
as though it is sacred,
the sky a vast canvas,
and I bow to its wonders,
to the poets and dreamers,
to the stargazers who dared
to glimpse beyond the veil of reality.

Time dances here,
in this sanctuary of night,
where the ordinary slips away,
and the impossible
becomes not just a thought,
but a heartbeat,
where dreams are woven into the fabric of existence,
and fantasy becomes my truth.

I don’t just gaze,
I become.
Wrapped in the glow,
I melt into the essence of night,
letting it wash over me,
letting it shape me,
transform me,
until I am not the same
as when I first stepped outside.

I am a keeper of moonlit stories,
a collector of night’s whispers,
and with each glimmer I chase,
I find a piece of my spirit
I didn’t know was missing.

The moon is my refuge,
my sanctuary when the world feels too bright,
when the weight of daylight presses too hard —
I retreat,
curl into the night,
and let the light carry me
to places where everything is possible.

I am a selenophile,
not just a dreamer,
but a lover of the night,
of worlds bathed in silver light.
And in those moments,
I find not just solace,
but home.

For in every moonbeam,
there is a part of me waiting
to be discovered,
and with every night I embrace,
I unearth it anew.

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