Craters by Aaliya Khan, 11E

but don’t you shut the windows

and pull the blinds,

for there is more to the moon

than mere craters.

the dull moon

sleekly creeping

behind the sober clouds

who seem as if they’ve been

forced to depart the arms of their lovers.

when the night brings the gone alive

and the lost get their hope revived,

the moon lets out a weak smile

for she’s been having sleepless nights,

breaking apart from full

to a half,

to a quarter, and

to nothing at all

she grows back everyday

and falls apart more the next.

tired of being known as the poet’s muse

and a lover’s sigh

the eye witness of love sparks

and a frozen tear, 

ask her about the gruesome crimes

a beacon of hope and guide

and underneath where demons hide.

miserable of being known

as the shimmery ornament,

witches held rituals under.

as the goddess who gives, 

when she barely owns herself,

herself that she can’t even keep.

so far in, 

maybe you have guessed 

it’s not only the moon which i have addressed 

she sees your drowsy eyes,

flooded with regrets

but didn’t she break from a full,

to a half,

to a quarter, and nothing at all

to be finally known as the, 

Goddess of life?

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