Send your Friends Pictures of the Moon
holding space - together, apart
Send your friends pictures of the moon
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A simple way to say
I know I am over here,
and you are way over there,
but I see you, this early morning.
In all your shining.
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And they
may send you a picture back.
Of that same moon,
but from their own world -
just over the hill, maybe
or a continent away.
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The same moon,
the same morning.
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We cannot see each others face,
but we can each turn our faces skyward -
and be reflected
by the same moonlight,
just for a moment.
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Our own personal
satellite connection -
no Starlink involved.
Just your face,
the moon,
and my face.
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Drawing a triangle
of comfort and care,
yearning and trepidation.
Your face, to the moon, to my face.
Same morning,
different worlds.
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I see you,
and I'm thinking of you,
and I know how hard you try,
and here is a picture of the moon.
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To remind you
that I'm here -
in my own swamp of everything,
but also
looking up,
and beaming at you.
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Via this satellite
who is not yet owned -
who has always been a part of us,
and who endures with us, though every turning.
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Send your friends pictures of the moon
to help keep them whole.
A moment of pause
in an age of poly-crisis.
We are both still here,
and I see you -
and sometimes,
that's all I have.
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Send your friends pictures of the moon.
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To Maria, and to Beth, and to Anneke - for all the moon pictures, sometimes with helpful arrows.
I love this idea. I think I will do it when I next see the moon. I wonder if anyone will send me one back. I do often message my adult children and tell them to go outside and look at the moon because I am looking at it and we will be connected.
Drawing a triangle of love and care ♥️