Linda M. Crate- Three Poems

let me be your moon girl 

 

i'll be your moon girl

shine through

your darkest nights,

and let you

shine so bright that

everyone sees your

light in the

day;

i'll be your cool glass

of water

when your mouth burns

from words you'd have to

swallow down

to prevent yourself from

becoming a

monster—

i'll kiss you with the

darkest of nights

so you can 

rest

your weary eyes,

and trust me

all your secrets are safely

housed in my bones;

and i will let the ocean 

erode you should

you need

cleansing

or if you should only

need a lullaby

i will

sing you her song—

please just love

me,

and hold me in your arms

never hurt me

under the fires of your

angriest words

or gaze;

don't kill me then hang

me in the bosom

of night

like a star because

i only ever 

want to shine—

together we'll cultivate

a garden in the

clouds,

and the blooms will

shine as bright

as we do;

together we'll linger ever

onward

for eternity

suspended in the most

powerful magic of all:

love—

i will be your moon

girl should you

let me,

and you will be my sun

together we'll

shine.

 

let me, let us 

 

let my fingers get lost

in your hair

erode away all the noise

my ears don't need

to hear,

and let me focus on the chocolate

of your eyes

so determined and passionate as

mine;

let's land on the moon

just watch

as the earth spins

laugh so hard that we forget our misery—

just drive and we can go on

a road trip

take a thousand pictures of the trees and hills

and canyons and mountains and villages

we pass on our way,

and we'll sleep

for a thousand years of eternity

in one starless night

spent in one another's arms;

nothing can bring our ship down unless we 

allow it to—

so let's set sail in a ship no one

will ever find,

and find ourselves a new moon

dance until the birds join us

beneath the balmy

smile of the happiest sunshine.

swooning dreamer 

 

i always pine after men

who don't notice 

me

the ones with the long hair,

charisma, and the smiles that could

melt a thousand hearts at

once;

go figure,

i'd fall in love with you

you're the same build as any of the others

i have fallen for—

maybe the impossible will happen

somehow you'll notice me

beneath a cherry sky and golden clouds

dancing across the

horizon,

and you always light up the room when you walk in

i know everyone is always swooning

over you;

i cannot help but join the fan girls, too, because

you're not that average beauty king

i have seen pieces of your

authentic soul

i want to, need to know more—

let me love you,

and i know nothing will ever bring me down again

because of the golden psalms that radiate

in your smile.