the waning moon maiden...

she was the moon maiden

and like her waning crescent cousin

poised in the heavens

so too was she losing a part of her self

now that she was without him

him - her star bright

in her dark dreary life illuminating enlightening inflaming 
him - never wandering weaving wavering

him - always constant changeless continual

unlike the other sky warriors 
cycling circling round and round

but there came one day the time of eclipse

when the blackest black reality

blocked her vision of the brightest of them all

and she knew in the shadow of that moment

what she must do

she had known all along but could not find the strength

to do what had to be done

the dreaded time drew nigh

time had run its course 
and so it was that the

beautiful moon maiden

followed her fate losing her shape

and disappeared into the midnight hour

not to be seen till the faint light of morn

never again to be seen by her own starlove

now only a crescent sliver of her glorious self

without him

the speculum...

she gazed into the hand held mirror
but herself no longer could she see
she drew nearer and nearer
and still herself she could not perceive

for there, there in the silver speculum
deep inside her outreached palm was an image
so chilling she almost succumbed
staring back at her from his metal cage

piercing her heart from another time another place
exposing love long since tucked aside
in the dainty fingers of her past she held his face
the face of all held holy still and her thoughts collide

into the knowledge that she could no more part
with the vision of this, this reflection of her fate,
than could she divest herself of her beating heart
breaking as it was for her beloved soul mate

together...

when they were together
no voice need pass between them
their eyes said more spoke louder than mere words
furtive glances
criss-crossed the room like swords brandished
and touches left untouched
bore down upon them with the weight of their own world
their hearts beat in pounding rhythm
tearing apart the deafening silence around them
when
they
were
together