Planetary Rotation

     You turn your face

        from 

                               the Brilliance 

                                            of the Sun

To the pale cast of 

                       moonlight

Not Realizing or Realizing

that the moon can only 

                               Reflect

It carries no luminance of

its own

The sun nurtures the soil

and sweetens the air

that 

caresses your cheek

With Brightness so Beautiful it Blinds

Meanwhile

        the moon

                   is content 

                               just

                                          to glow

You turn your face from the brilliance

 of the Sun

to the pale cast of moonlight

Realizing or Realizing Not 

that She

                can never

Be Me

12/1998