Imagine Feeling the Curve of the Moon
Maya Little
Imagine feeling the curve of the moon
with one hand
losing the shape of it
as the cloud moves across
loosing your fingers
to silver-cold dissolution
searching for words for something
that has nothing to do with words.
And as the moon, thoughtless,
takes on its form again
you are cascading away from its shining,
where it’s pinned to the sky
and letting yourself
ask for nothing
not even light, or shape,
distance, or epiphany.
with one hand
losing the shape of it
as the cloud moves across
loosing your fingers
to silver-cold dissolution
searching for words for something
that has nothing to do with words.
And as the moon, thoughtless,
takes on its form again
you are cascading away from its shining,
where it’s pinned to the sky
and letting yourself
ask for nothing
not even light, or shape,
distance, or epiphany.