Dark Moon

“The dark knights of the soul is the purification of our longing”

~ Mathhew Fox


The New Moon pulls me in

deeper, deeper within myself

further into this space

this space that I so intricately cultivate

in which I curate the holy substances

that feed me,

that tease me,

that take my wrists and beckon me

into a more dynamic understanding

of this vessel, this heart, this mind

and how it weaves and meanders

through the constructs of time.

Oh new moon,

dark shadow in the sky

there is no escape, is there

from your inexorable influence

that you beam upon this Earthly plane?

And if, from trepidation, I try to run

I long to run no more

but rather bask in the torturous beauty

of Becoming.

Taylor Bright