Under the Moon, Stronger in Your Hands
Something about the full moon reaches me before I have words for it. I notice it in the restlessness, in how long I stand at the window, in the thoughts that follow me. Familiar feelings become harder to put aside. I can go through the day doing everything I need to do, then look up at that light and realize how much I’ve been holding. I know some people see only the moon. They admire it for a moment and carry on. I understand that. I don’t need everyone to believe it holds any particular meaning or influence. But the experience is real to me. Whether it’s the light, the rhythm, the associations I’ve carried, or something I can’t explain, I feel different beneath it. More open. More aware of what I want and what frightens me about wanting it. These nights have an intangible quality I struggle to describe without making it sound smaller than it feels. An awareness that something is happening within me before I fully understand it. Sometimes it brings peace. Sometimes it brings an ache I...