Vase : Poetry in Pottery : The Earth & The Moon : A Cosmic Fable

OK - another Poetry in Pottery attempt - this one is more in a form of a story about the moon inside an ocean, there but not there - and should anyone wonder, not autobiographical ; )

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once upon a time
eons ago

two celestial beings,
the earth and the moon,
found each other
drawn to the other

fiercely so

their union was
so intense
they believed
- as young lovers
often do

that their hearts
were fused together

forever

and indeed
for awhile
it seemed so.

but,
as young lovers
often do,
not knowing how to deal
with feelings
so profound
it shook
the pillars
of their souls

just when their passion
became everything
was everything

the moon
got scared

she remembered
a time of being
free -
adrift…

not knowing
what the next moment
may bring

she missed that
sense
of expectation
of exploring,
a journey into
the unknown

and slowly

ever so slowly
started to gather
the bits of her
that survived
their cataclysmic
union

earth sensing
a reticence
of touch
where before
there was such
blissful ecstasy

panicked

and in his hurt
and anger
tried to hold onto
as much of the moon
as it could

and the more
the petrified earth
clung to the moon,
the more the moon
became stifled and
convinced that

this was not
for her
this was not
true love
and even if
it breaks her heart

she needs to be
free

and she moved
away

earth shuddered
in hurt
in anger
tried to expel
every bit of moon
left within

great red hot
streams of lava
flowed across the land
creating huge valleys
reaching up
to lofty mountain peaks

the moon witnessed
from afar
earth’s hurt
and anger

and felt
curiously
aloof from it all

she was now
more convinced
than ever before
that she did
the right thing

but could not help
staring in morbid fascination
at the earth

she could not look away;
earth’s pain
held her at bay

it was the longest time
before she realised
that what now
lay before her
the hills, valleys, mountains

was a map
of her heart

and that without it
she was lost
in a cold, dark space

that she had lost
something dear
to her

she had lost
her heart
on earth

and earth
held her
in its sway

earth
had laid its soul
bare to the moon

- the map of her heart
that he thought
he knew so well
and that he would
dwell happily
forever within

earth’s
despair
turned into
tears

a torrent
of memories
now swathed
across the landscape

floods of thoughts
seeking reason

great thunderclaps
tore at heavenly fabric;
fine silvery lace
intricately woven
by the moon
with tender touch

earth cried

the moon stared
at the memory of her;
an ocean of tears

she was tied
to the earth
as ever before

a tide
tugging at her
as she circled
the earth

round and round
her memories
reached out to her
forever-more
round and round

the moon
inside
an ocean

there
but not
there

time
passed into darkness

but
out of darkness
came a light
- the sun!

radiant, brilliant, bright, light
wise beyond time
it has conquered
darkness

and unwrapped
the dark cloak hiding
earth and moon

earth cried in pain
“its too bright, too light”

the sun took pity on the earth
and gave it a golden
sunrise and sunset
to circle the earth
and heal its wounds
with tender birdsong touch

she coloured earth’s tears
in rainbow light

and where it fell
clothed the barren earth
with prayer-petal flowers
worshipping the sun
intricately woven

to the moon’s
now cold
reflective face
she gave
a silver light
to dominion
night

and to remind
earth and moon
of the folly of
young love;

forever they’d
be bound
by an ocean

by earth’s shadow
across moon’s face

by tides
across earth’s heart

to never
live in the future,
nor exist in the past

but to forever bask
in the presence
of present light

that shines
so bright

in love

for when
it comes
to the matters
of the heart

and of
true love

I am you
and you
are me

and its a road
best discovered
together

for what
are we
without
love?

©  rudy

2019-06-30