I ran outside to see the super moon
My eyes caught only fire flies, and that’s when I realized
Like the moon, we are all mirrors for the sun, specks of stardust
I ran outside holding withered roses, cursing the thorns in my haste
That is when I tasted the truth that my lips don’t only produce diamonds and flowers, but toads and vipers too
I was only kidding myself that just because I act selfless, doesn’t mean I don’t have selfish desires
Narcissism is the sharpest edge of the empathic knife with which I forge through life
If I didn’t possess any of those qualities, how could I have attracted those types to me?
With renewed gratitude, I love my humble husband
The only thing he fills my hands with are his own, and that is enough
After the last dish was washed I ran outside, overwhelmed with anger and grief for what I cannot undo
I struck a chair pose, sitting into my discomfort until my thighs burned and my mind emptied and my excess energy evaporated upward, toward the super moon
Sage Burner Poetry 