The Painter: To The Moon
—Painting by Marc Chagall, 1917
WITH THAT MOON LANGUAGE
—Hafiz
Admit something:
Everyone you see, you say to them,
"Love me."
Of course you do not do this out loud;
Otherwise,
Someone would call the cops.
Still though, think about this,
This great pull in us
To connect.
Why not become the one
Who lives with a full moon in each eye
That is always saying,
With that sweet moon
Language,
What every other eye in this world
Is dying to
Hear.
(trans. from the Persian by Daniel Landinsky)
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—Medusa