Lisa Mary Armstrong – Moon of Aphrodite

What I don’t tell him

That all stars leave eventually

But the moon … it stays

Like a faithful companion

Holding onto its lonely sky

I write across each fleeting

Memory in a language

I don’t understand

Watch as the words reassemble

In the dark

When I come up for air

You recede like a wave

But I tell you again. Whisper it against

The cool marble of your skin

For an eternity.

Lisa Mary Armstrong is a poet, writer and researcher. She is passionate about women and children's rights and penal reform and lives with her children in South Lanarkshire. You can find her @earlgrey79_lisa.

Artwork: Elijah Gazing by Lena Rivkah Hunsicker

Lena Rivkah Hunsicker is an author-illustrator who specializes in visual storytelling through mixed media and collaged art. A self-taught artist and former philosophy professor, she takes inspiration from fairytales, midrash, and the wonders of the natural world.