I have late night
Conversations with the moon.
She asks me about
The sun and I
Ask her about the pockmarks
Dotting her skin.
I tell her that
I know how it feels
To have someone
Else’s footprints etched
Into your surface.
We understand
The stagnancy of being
Beautiful but scarred.
– Ellis Carbaugh
I am currently an English Literature undergraduate student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. My work is previously unpublished.
Poignant, C.C.