Dark Moon

I am the Dark Moon

Of the Amavasya Night

They see me not

So they call it a moonless sky –

I traverse alone

On my dark path

Through a dark sky

Unseen Unwanted

Unlonged for –

On me the fingers of the Sun

Never touch

His golden gaze locked

Forever on the fair face

Of my sister the Full Moon

As she glides in triumph

Across starry skies

Glowing in her silver glory

While I stay forever hidden

Forever forbidden

Within the smothering folds

Of my black veil –

No lover gazes at me

With longing eyes

No poet’s pen pauses

Seeking words

For the songs of love

Written with his blood and tears

About my dark face –

They see me not

So they call it a moonless sky –

Who knows what hidden longings

Lie within my dark breast

Who can fathom the hidden prayers

Buried within my dark soul

Who can hear the dark beating

Within my dark heart

As I traverse alone

On my dark path

Through a dark sky

Unseen Unwanted

Unlonged for –

They see me not

So they call it a moonless sky

I am the Dark Moon

Of the Amavasya Night

-by Rita Putatunda