I’ve seen the moon whole

half

quarter

my own life

tipping toward the waning quarter

I can turn so easily it seems tomfoolery

this ease of body not showing true age

a collective sigh erupts from the mouthes of my selves

child adolescent young adult mother sister wife

child

we return near the end realize all those phases

the waxing and waning of the perfect things gone perfected

holding my hand crossing the bridge to the only one who remains

and the moon goes new