Dominique Larntz * May 4, 2012

Moonrise

Such a pregnant moon holds the souls of last week’s suicides
and I can hear the earth whisper that she misses them.
What hopeless creature attaches itself to the backs
of the type who cannot still themselves to wait until it passes?

Suicide is a pest; a spiritual species that travels around
waiting for a host body to identify with it. When it moves through,
if you feel its claws take hold of your anxiety like you might
take hold of a puppet–just rest and wait.

If it doesn’t kill you, the rule seems to be
despair and hopelessness must move along,
like the moonset and sunset.