You Can't just be the Moon

For all the men in the streets who claim as you pass by that you are like the moon...

You can’t just be the moon

Pearly light on a warm summer’s eve

You must also be the dark of the night sky when a storm is brewing.

You can’t just be moon

Stagnant and weak, a sitting jewel on a mahogany dresser

You must also be the raging tides whose power moves the Earth.

 

You can’t just be the moon

Ephemeral reflection atop the calm ocean water

You must be the darkest depths and the strange creatures that dwell in trenches on the ocean floor.

 

 

You can’t just be the moon

Borrowing light from the sun

You are a warrior with a light of your own.

 

Everyone knows the smiling face of the Man in the Moon

You are the one they don’t see, the mystery and the secret within

The ruler of the seas and the spinning dancer in the sky

You are the Woman in the Moon.