My favorite animal is the moon
It's fast and humble
It eats light and nightmares
So loyal it doesn't grieve
You can throw almost anything and a moon will retrieve it
Insults and mistakes and memories
It can find a kiss by scent
It can detect doubt by sound
I heard about a moon who jumped off the boat to save its drowning lover
Or another, who rescued two children from a burning building
Did you know
that a moon can hold its breath for three generations?
Sometimes that's how long it takes
for a grandfather, a father, and a son
to find the other side of each other
#nationalpoetrymonth, day 6