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In The Gray of Dawn


 

 

Even the moon moves, swollen with sorrow,

as she looks down upon the earth before tenderly kissing the sky good-bye,

leaving but a faint imprint--like lipstick the color of roses upon the rim of a glass--

and whispers, 

 

“Remember that I am human, too.”

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