Dark mornings staying dark longer

 

painting from Etsy   Jamie's Art

Here's a wonderful poem by Mary Jo Salter:

MOON-BREATH

 

Dark mornings staying dark

longer, another autumn

 

come, and the body one

day poorer yet,

 

from restless sleep I wake

early now to note

 

how the pale disk of moon

caves to its own defeat,

 

cold as yesterday’s fish

left over in the pan,

 

or miserly as a sliver

of dried soap in a dish.

 

Oh for a sparkling froth

of cloud, a little heat

 

from the sun! I shiver

at the window where I plant

 

one perfect moon-round breath,

as I liked to do as a girl

 

against the filthy glass

of the yellow school bus

 

laboring up the hill,

not thinking what I meant

 

but passionate, as if

I were kissing my own life.

 

 

Neslihan Gorocu