I Know What the Moon Says
I've pass through the doors of life not knowing
Crept to, I took the steps in front of me -
And stopped
Still not knowing what I was born to, and the surprises that wait around the corner
Naked and tender to the real world
Enter adulthood, it comes and with it many paths all in different directions
So I choose a path
With each destiny I've experienced-
The agony and bliss of love, the burning pain and rejection from hate,
The sky dancing joy of childbirth, and the death of a loved one, I took a step and fell
I fell hard I was covered in an atrocious blunder of self-pity
I felt narrow-
But I stood up again and wiped off my wounds
I cried the words only onto deaf ears
No one hears a sound not a sound, “why I cried”
The salty tears warm streamed out drenching the side of my face
This place I call home the stranger in me now knows
Though I share with you I am but a single celled unit alone in this place
Facing the unfinished tomorrows and yesterdays
My back is withered as a sun drenched driftwood
And so I carry the heaviness and parched stories around
Lessons you say, such lessons I have felt in the abysmal of my soul
Live them until I grow old, until I grow old
I have tasted the diseased minds a thousand times yet I crave more
It feels safe and familiar all wrapped up in the pull of heart strings’
I hear the pack of wolves at my door step now-
Their breath is fiery hot and hungry
I face the changes that await me scared and trembling like a child
It's only with the strength of my devoted husband that I haven't withered away
A man complex in his own right , but with the strength of a fleet of many men
I know what the moon says
As I stand in its light
Holding me close
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