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My moon and star

Posted on by Shaily Agrawal

I went to the moon to see the noon;

But she wasn’t home;

So I waited and the stars came out;

So sky I plucked them from.

I wove some into a dress and

buttoned the moon tight;

To night I returned the rest and

wore the dream until light.

Author’s note: I wrote this piece for my daughter while I was helping her with a piece of school poetry. I was just trying to teach her how poetry can help us express our desires–an attempt she refuted by reminding me “Who will ever wear a dress made out of stars?”

She watches Doctor Binocs and knows more that she should. Sigh! Knowledge can be so glaring, it is blinding.

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I am an Instructional Designer, avid reader, small-town woman and working mother with a fish-eye perspective. I have just published my first book, The Forest Bed and other short stories. If you like my stories on this blog, feel free to Like, Comment, Reblog and Share. You can reach me at shailygrwl@gmail.com or through my Facebook page facebook.com/shailyagrawalwrites/

10 thoughts on “My moon and star”

  1. In the old days when all you had was a sail, a rudder and a clock, old days in the middle of the ocean without being able to see land, Noon was your friend. When you left port from home, you set your watch to local time. Lost a sea, you waited for the sun to be overhead. When it was, it was noon time at your lost location. The difference with your clock told you your longitude and how far west you had traveled.

    But it’s easier to see noon from the moon, and when the stars come out you can sing the song, “Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket” (Perry Como singer. written by Lee Julien Pockriss / Paul J. Vance). But he doesn’t make coats. He: saves fallen stars in his pocket for a rainy day, a pocket full of starlight for her, “For when your troubles starting multiplying” a falling star may help you.

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