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Moonlight
August 15, 2023
Sometimes I gaze out the window after dark
To ponder the pale, lonely orb in the sky
Casting beams of borrowed light upon
The slumbering Earth.
With nothing to offer but a loyal orbit,
Our constant companion cannot help but play
Second fiddle to the Sun
Yet it continues undeterred in its path
Striving for the Earth’s attention
Craving the satisfaction of a solar eclipse
To numb the twinge of jealousy
Just a bit.
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AP3rsonLIkeYOu BRONZE said...
on Aug. 23 2023 at 1:16 pm
This is a really creative way to illustrate what low self worth feels like. Love it!
Since everyone sleeps as the moon shines down on them, I imagined the Moon as a person who feels lonely and unappreciated because its friend Earth clings to the Sun. It resents the fact that it is unable to offer the same warmth and protection as the Sun, because the Moon cannot produce any light of its own. As a result, it longs to have the Earth’s attention all to itself, even though this is obviously not in the Earth’s best interests.