The moon has been lying

about where it goes at night.

Maybe it falls asleep.

Tell me,

why has it decided to be locked up till dawn

if it isn't sleeping?

Who keeps the key?

Who tells it when to come back?

Who decides that the night

has had enough of its absence?

Should we trust the moon

just because it returns?

Does returning make a lie

any less of a lie?

Then what about the sun?

It burns so bright

and always decides to leave.

Every evening.

It disappears.

Does the sun lie too?

Or does it shine too bright

for me to understand?

Maybe brightness

has always been another way

of hiding things.

Perhaps the sun feels

there are things we should not see.

Perhaps that is why it burns our eyes

when we stare too long.

If the moon can disappear

and still be called beautiful,

what does that make us

when we disappear for a while?

P.S. no title yet 😭