Caged up away from you, Moon-Milk Eyes
Moon-Milk Eyes forever
cage. I feel it like a chain
Wrapping, constructing a new house over my head, pretty new locks.
Constricting, a way to shut out my pulsing, angry heart.
(cage), to go try and live in the earth and breed amongst its rich, dewy, decay
—-Sea. It’s been locked up too. The
Moon’s hefty gravitation keeps the surf in line with the coast. It keeps it locked away from it’s
true love.
The Moon is selfish
The Moon is hiding behind it’s milky glow.
I leapt into your big, saucer eyes, once like the yellow sunshine. lemon and light. Gleaming and mountainous, larger than the gaping, seething Moon.
Whiter and more creamy than the star-lit Cavernous Earthshine that tears the majestic sea from
Cloudy heaven.
Like trying to find Paris
But your feet are locked up,
Moon-Milk Eyes, I’m still yours
Forever.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos.
I am Bexley is published by Resurgence Novels here.
The Half Paper Moon is available on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella Carnivorous is to be published by Eukalypto soon! Coming soon
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