FULL MOON ON TOP OF A CHAMPAGNE PALM'S TIP

it is its day today
the night outside my window
moves with its darkness
under the moon
dressed in the coldness of
its fabric
it makes the sounds of
the midnight cat and the owl and
the wolf,

it is its day, and i am enclosed
in this room
filled with light and comfort
and courage
between us
is a belief that the best thing
that must happen is this bold separation
this unkindness
this kindness in mutual cruelty
this life and death
that we both have to choose
and accept