Barbara's Illustrations

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The Moon is a Woman                by Kathleen Collins
Some talk of the man in the moon
But this is not so
The moon is a woman
Standing vigil in the night
Watching over her children while they sleep
Challenging the darkness
Other worlds have their own
But this one is ours
And she is fierce in her silence
Luminous in her soul
Keeper of time, of cycles
Of ebb and flow
Marker of seasons
The moon is a woman
She can drive you mad
Or cast a love spell
Some call her goddess
Some curse her in the dark
And still she guards the night
Pulling the starry sky about her like a cloak
Wrapping the sleepy ones in her soft shadowy folds
And mark this: all women know her
The moon is mother, guardian
Warrior, weaver of dreams
Poet of stillness
She is part of them and they of her
The moon is a woman