The Moon’s Promise
“I love you forever,” said the moon to the stars.
“And I will keep returning,” she promised, “even when the sky is hidden and clouds persuade the world I’ve gone away.
When you are scattered across the longest winter, I’ll gather your light into my quiet hands.
When dawn asks us to part, do not mistake my absence for an ending. The day has its own work, and I have always trusted the dark to bring us home again.
We are not together because we never leave. We are together because we always return.”
The stars answered only by shining,
for some promises are too ancient to need words.
Only we, watching from the earth,
mistake a horizon for goodbye,
or believe that what slips beyond our sight
has slipped beyond our love.
The moon has been trying to tell us otherwise
all along.
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The Moon's promise - perfect for Buck Full Moon. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem 🌝✨
Takes my breath! ❤️