Stay Wild

Chasing the moon until the sun rises — part of my desert series

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Moon tides big winds rockin’ my boat of sand

I came to chase the strawberry moon all over the desert sea

The gentle hours drift and drift and drift until they’re cracked

And stars spill open all over the dirt and my heart is tired but glowing

A coyote shadows my moves and together we chase the strawberry moon

We both start howling

Gravitational pull

It’s all just so damn beautiful

The moon starts howling back

I ask if I can hang my heart on the moon’s lopsided smile

Coyote shrugs and squints, judging the distance to the moon

A couple hundred thousand miles, give or take

I climb and climb and climb through the rocks and spike

To wrap my arms around moon shadows

The gentle hours drift into dawn

A million glitter love stars bow to the sun

A blank page, a new day

The sun, a brilliant conductor for the birds

Winks at the moon still high in the sky

Their codependency is our miracle

Coyote tells me to stay wild

I nod reverently

It’s all I know

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More from my desert series:

Wash Our Spirits Clean

Flaming Sky Bird Lighting My Path

Star Magic Glitter Lights the Desert of My Heart

Things In Trees — A Christmas Story of Hope

‘None of Us Demons’ - Revisiting my ‘Warfighting’ Thread

Moon Dance

Je Ne Regrette Rien

A Climate Crime Scene in the Sonoran Desert

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