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                <text>Poems</text>
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                <text>Lawrence Catania</text>
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              <text>The Moon - This one is actually to my Ex 0f 28 years. </text>
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              <text>I am the moon&#13;
Radiant, elegant, graceful&#13;
Romantic, inspiring, guiding&#13;
People look up to me to guide them in soul-searching and to give advice&#13;
Admire my beauty&#13;
People on Earth look up to me for help or sheer delight&#13;
Everyone mingling, bound to collide with their soulmate&#13;
But I'm estranged from the planet, with stars my nearest companions&#13;
Little insignificant balls of gases--intangible&#13;
Beautiful from afar&#13;
Marred and full of craters up close&#13;
Who will find beauty in that?&#13;
Most don't appreciate the light I provide&#13;
Others do&#13;
But the light isn't my own&#13;
I simply reflect the sun's light not having enough power and experience to generate my own light&#13;
I slowly reveal myself and on rare occaisons totally expose myself for the world to see&#13;
Other times I completely vanish and turn invisible and no one seems to notice&#13;
Except when it's marked on a calendar&#13;
I want to belong&#13;
I gravitate to Earth, I'm falling&#13;
Yet the force is enough to push me away&#13;
Keep me running in circles to constantly help others&#13;
Always making appearances for others&#13;
When will I be able to rest, for me?&#13;
The sun will burn out, but I won't&#13;
But then I won't be beautiful anymore&#13;
Just a ball of dust full of dents.&#13;
This is an old poem I wrote when I was about 18. I haven't written much of anything in years, but I came across this site and I've been inspired. However, I figured I'd make my debut with a poem in reference to my username. © Nov 2010, Kay Ortiz</text>
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              <text>&lt;a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/6951573-The-Moon-by-Luna-Llena" target="_blank" title="The Moon" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;https://allpoetry.com/poem/6951573-The-Moon-by-Luna-Llena&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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