Each Day the Moon

Photo by Chris Child on Unsplash

I see the moon
in the dark hours
shining from the fold
of the night ink

I see the moon
in the light hours
lodged in blue
like a new nickel
dropped in sand

Each day the moon
sinks deeper
down and in
disappears for a time
in the complete shadow
reemerges to begin
again the journey back
to illuminated fullness

I see the moon
in the heart of time
in me arising and dissolving, yet
Being
whole all along

Samantha Wallen, MFA is a poet, writer, book coach, Founder of Write In Power.