The No Colors of the New Moon

The No Colors of the New Moon

Long after sunset I will paint you
with the no colors of the new moon.

If I start with light, whatever is added
will make this landscape darker.
If I start with darkness, whatever is added
will make creation lighter

Let me start with darkness.

With darkness,
every outcome is possible
before things are born.

Consider the possible, and
close my eyes…

Begin.

As I work, I see light becoming,
becoming you,
light is...
you.

Now consider...

Painting on darkness
makes even the quiet colors glow.

Let the colors decide
what everyone else sees.

Colors on your body are like a funeral;
important for everyone
but the, “Guest of honor.”

I will look for you with the whippoorwill
birdsong to guide me.

When the mountain moves you,
where the water soothes, you
are walking with ghost deer.

Now, it is quiet.
The earth breathes.
Soft rains add the weight
of teardrops.
The heart at the
Center of Things is beating.
The new moon sets with the
promise that the next evening will be lit
by a slight sliver of light.
I will let that no moon paint you
in a completely different way...
the way you will always be becoming.

Peach

March 3, 2010

Written to my wife, Patti while I watched stalled commute traffic on the freeway near the Pentagon.

Thank you to turtlemoon for getting this started with your superb poem "The Color of Moon"  E: A way to get to know the heart and soul of me. .