An Ode To The Moon

written by Vittoria Mariggiò

Sea View by Moonlight - Ivan Aivazovsky (1849)

O my beautiful moon,

my shining, gracefully delicate thing,

turn and show me,

the unseen,

those hidden flaws,

and unhinged truths,

you keep in the obscure.

O my beautiful moon,

my softest and most

precious beam,

turn and show me,

the hidden ire,

those fuming thoughts,

and shameful desires,

you keep in the dark.

O my beautiful moon,

my lovely creature of nature,

never cease to shine upon me,

so fair and unreachable

to burn my heart;

I watch the most heavenly miracle,

so far away.

I might let

the celestial blue of your eyes,

kill me slowly.