My Love for You

By Marlena A

My love for you is as temperamental as the moon

Waxing, waning

Full of heart

Empty and heart broken

And yet the moon is also stupidly dependable

With each month there is a set course

Never faltering.

Just when I think I’ve had enough and sworn you off

You creep your way back into my waxing crescent

Surrounding my moon with gleaming stars

Your honeysuckle lies filling me up 

Till I’m whole again

But when the moon is full the stars disappear

And without the stars

Your darkness surrounds me

Eating away at my waning gibbous

Till I’m back where I started

Although when you look up at the night sky,

A new moon is when you can see the most stars.