Time is the slow settling
of unspoken things—
affections buried
in layers of dusk.
The earth waits, patient in his turning,
while the moon drapes herself
across the dark, her light
a spill of soft persuasion,
her laughter tugging at the tide.
She leans close enough to warm him,
then flickers away
in satin disarray.
Each wave a sigh
she leaves behind,
each ebb
a kiss half-taken back.
She trails her fingers
through his oceans,
drawing tremors
from his sleep.
He loves her reckless glimmer,
the curves that promise
and withdraw.
She arches over him—
pale, wild—
a whisper of perfume
on eternity’s skin.
Clouds slip around her
like jealous hands.
The stars hold their breath, entranced.
Even shadows rise
to taste her,
knowing she will vanish
mid-embrace.
And we, made of their same dust,
inherit that ache
of orbit and return—
the body reaching
for what it cannot keep,
the heart renewing
its hunger with each turn,
time itself
arching
beneath
the weight of her.
Nov 2, 2025
Nov 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM UTC
Time is the slow settling
of unspoken things—
affections buried
in layers of dusk.
The earth waits, patient in his turning,
while the moon drapes herself
across the dark, her light
a spill of soft persuasion,
her laughter tugging at the tide.
She leans close enough to warm him,
then flickers away
in satin disarray.
Each wave a sigh
she leaves behind,
each ebb
a kiss half-taken back.
She trails her fingers
through his oceans,
drawing tremors
from his sleep.
He loves her reckless glimmer,
the curves that promise
and withdraw.
She arches over him—
pale, wild—
a whisper of perfume
on eternity’s skin.
Clouds slip around her
like jealous hands.
The stars hold their breath, entranced.
Even shadows rise
to taste her,
knowing she will vanish
mid-embrace.
And we, made of their same dust,
inherit that ache
of orbit and return—
the body reaching
for what it cannot keep,
the heart renewing
its hunger with each turn,
time itself
arching
beneath
the weight of her.
I was thinking about the relationship between the Earth and Moon, spinning around each other for so long. That was the beginning....Gerald in Sydney