Peacock Moon 



Peacock moon 
makes the mayhem go away 
when it is like summer in February 

incense streams 
out the window 
down the street 

you are hoping it will 
reach the one 
you never got to meet, 

the one you barely touched 
across landscapes, of mountains 
deserts, and lakes 

with a vowel 
with a howl 
with a kiss 
with a moan 

Peacock moon, 
moon of poets and lovers, 
who gather 
where the waters meet 

in pristine canyons 
beneath sycamore trees 

you listen for his breath 
his lunar song in the breeze 

Blue-green feathers stroke your cheek-- 
a dream, a dream, only a dream, 
but you never have to wake up