Hey, a full moon poem at last again. Written 6.21.23. Musical vibes and inspo: Seinabo Sey’s HEAVY (ft. Seidato Sey), Cedar McCloud’s Numinous Tarot. Cross-posted to IG.

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I am sailing to you.
I know it feels like
it’s been a long time, like
I’ve been out at sea and you
’ve been waiting faithfully at the shore.
I know you didn’t ask to be
a candle on the water, but
nevertheless your heart is a light
that calls me closer.
I didn’t ask you to wait for me
but I am grateful for you nevertheless,
the steadfast nature of your heart
that set itself upon me and decided
to never settle for anything less
than my heart, whole and tattered –
all of it yours to be shared.
I’ve traveled a long way to
get to know you dear star.
I do not know when my feet will reach your
shore, I do not know what your hand
in mine will feel like. There is a
continent’s worth of longing between us,
a lifetime of work to make our way here,
but I know the sea – I know what makes
the boat pitch, how to set my feet against the
floorboards, and when to let the water hold me.
I know the water will hold all this and more,
I write my love letters to you in her waves,
and I am sure they will reach you
just as the light of your longing reaches me.
I am sailing to you, don’t give up on me
not yet, just yet, I am sailing, sailing to you.