It wasn’t
until I recently experienced a true awakening that I started to follow and
sense the phases of the moon...
It has been for the past 3 years that I have noticed her
calling to me. It is not that I never noticed the full moon before. I have now
come to a place where the rapturous beauty of the moon beckons me to look up
with wonder, with intention, with respect for her radiant illumination. This
poem is dedicated to the Super Full Moon of summer.
Dim
Night Upon The Super Moon
the dim night,
stops its breath at your gleaming-
slipping through black,
bold and golden-
as if I could reach and touch,
your glowing face.
super moon,
rising in the summer eve-
all of you that embraces,
the night-
reflecting light upon,
this earth,
we,
who often lost sight-
holding only to the familiar,
staying in our close rooms,
our shut doors and windows,
our houses,
not noticing the bloom of you-
resting in the sky.
will we with haste,
let your brilliance escape us,
as we take our ordinary lives,
slip into our own darkness-
and not notice your radiant stare?
if we could stop ourselves,
our breath,
like the dim night-
that holds an open space,
for the presence of such-
rapturing beauty,
pause,
to hold the moon in our hands-
as if its light,
would soak through our pours-
flowing out the ordinary,
and bringing in extraordinary-
to our daily lives…
it really doesn’t take much,
all we need to do is,
open our eyes-
and look up.
Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg is a prolific writer, poet and writing workshop facilitator. Maureen’s passion for writing became her heart vision in 2010. Her poetry comes to her through life’s experiences and delving deep into her soul speak. She considers writing her lightwork. Maureen is a medicine woman of words. She started her Facebok page Heart’s Calling –with more than 6,000 followers—in 2011. As a writing workshop facilitator, she brings participants to a place of inner release and creativity through the written word. Her unique use of prompts initiates transforming responses as participants find an opening to inner empowerment and enlightenment through writing. She recites her poetry at local venues and conducts writing workshops at different retreats and studios throughout the Chicago area. She has three adult children: Alexandra, Dylan and Jonah. She resides in Oak Park, Illinois and enjoys beautiful walks in her neighborhood with her beloved Shiba Inu, Tsuki. Maureen is author of Seasons of the Soul: Transitions and Shifts of Life and Our Surrendering Pause: 30 Poems in 30 Days, (Golden Dragonfly Press, 2020). She was one of two recipients of the annual Janavi Held Endowed Poetry and Art Grant in 2020. To learn more about Maureen's work, please visit her website here.
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