“Moonshine”

by Cherish Pierre-Louis

The clouds shroud it

Cover it to give it this

Iridescent gleam

My vision is foggy

my words a slur

I sway in my chair

The floor creeks remind me

I’m a person

not an object

The moon is claustrophobic

With all those clouds

It glows to get away

I get away

I stay away from the crowd

I want to see the moon’s

Opalescent glow

I want to see it change

Watch as it moves closer

And as it moves away

I love it truly

I love you

Like the moon in a nutshell

With your mirror transparency

Your clear comfort

With your glass cover

Your liquid warmth

With all your changes

Your phases

Your craters

Your layer is tough

Your gravity is

greater

Your illuminance

Your exuberance

The moon in my sky