You Want the Moon

The moon was very full, and so I wrote this poem.

Time is like a ladder
to pluck that bright moon
and embroider it on your lapel
pressed close against your breast
listening to the murmurs deep in your heart

What I love most is not the moon
but the way you look beneath it
I do not only love the way you look
I also love, when I am with you—
the way I am

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