Dark of the Moon

Chapter 6: Words for An Old Air

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About This Book

A collection of lyric poems organized into thematic sections that dwell on natural landscapes, seasonal change, and intimate emotion. Short, image-driven pieces range from moonlit nights and coastal scenes to autumnal boulevards and secluded woods, often pairing precise sensory detail with reflections on longing, love, memory, and mortality. Portraits of individuals and quiet elegies appear alongside meditations on stars and tides, producing a restrained, musical voice that emphasizes transience and beauty through concise, resonant language.

Words for An Old Air

Your heart is bound tightly, let

Beauty beware,

It is not hers to set

Free from the snare.

Tell her a bleeding hand

Bound it and tied it,

Tell her the knot will stand

Though she deride it;

One who withheld so long

All that you yearned to take,

Has made a snare too strong

For Beauty’s self to break.