When Even the Moon Hides Its Face


Come love, let me kiss the back of your neck
or hold you while you scream.
You do not have to make any excuses to me.

Stay love. Let me hold you awhile.
Your truest dark holds no horrors for me.
I’ve been honored to sit within it with you.

Anyone can swear to love by sunlight,
but I will love you in the darkness of soul
when even the moon hides its face.


Song Choice: Groovy Kind of Love by Phil Collins

Photo by El Salanzo on Unsplash


Liner Notes for this Groove: This poem was created for the prompt given at Imaginary Gardens with Real Toads: Thirteen Poetic Bits of Kerry  Magaly asked us to choose one of Kerry's lovely poetic bits an use it as a springboard for our poetry. I chose "I will love you in the darkness of soul" from Sonnet 42 of Kerry's If I Could Go Back sonnet series. Thank you Kerry for all organizing you have done throughout the years to keep Toads running. I am happy to have been a part of this space.
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54 comments:

  1. Debra She Who SeeksDecember 14, 2019 at 11:15 AM

    Great poem! Your last verse -- very powerful!

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  2. Magaly GuerreroDecember 14, 2019 at 11:48 AM

    I just made a strange (but very cool, of course) animalistic sound. The tone of the whole poem--passionate and raw and exposed--is perfect for the Kerry words you chose. There is so much power in the voice and love of the speaker for the subject, that one can't help (and by "one" I mean "me") to celebrate the magic they share.

    Like Debra, I am quite taken by the last stanza.

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:29 AM

      Kerry is a master at passionate poems. I learned a lot reading her work.

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  3. HelenDecember 14, 2019 at 12:58 PM

    Love this, especially the third stanza .....

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  4. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 14, 2019 at 4:20 PM

    Those closing lines are especially fantastic, Rommy.

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  5. Sanaa RizviDecember 14, 2019 at 5:02 PM

    The passion here is incredibly raw and palpable to the extent that it seeps into the heart, veins and blood. Absolutely beautiful work, Rommy!❤️

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  6. MargaretDecember 14, 2019 at 11:28 PM

    We should all be so blessed to have such a partner or friend.

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  7. ThotpurgeDecember 15, 2019 at 1:27 AM

    Holding someone while they scream...gosh, that is such a vivid, raw image..

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:31 AM

      I liked how it both felt jarring yet perfectly in place in a love poem

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  8. Kim M. RussellDecember 15, 2019 at 3:43 AM

    The line you chose was one I considered, Rommy, and you’ve magicked it into such a wonderful poem, I’m glad I chose something else instead! I especially love the lines:
    ‘Anyone can swear to love by sunlight,
    but I will love you in the darkness of soul’.

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:32 AM

      LOL, I really love how all of us did some fun and wild things with Kerry's lines. Her work really is a rich source of inspiration.

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  9. Sumana RoyDecember 15, 2019 at 3:52 AM

    "Stay love. Let me hold you awhile." So much beauty here.

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  10. Jae RoseDecember 15, 2019 at 3:56 AM

    I love the sense of unconditional love - and being strong enough to weather the darkness together

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM

      I'm glad I was able to convey that in this work

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  11. Kerry O'ConnorDecember 15, 2019 at 5:43 AM

    I love the forthright tone of this poem! It is charged with magnetic energy and the line your chose fits the theme perfectly. Thank you.

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:36 AM

      Thank you for the wonder line to work with :)

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  12. MarianDecember 15, 2019 at 9:57 AM

    Ah yes... totally relate (as someone who screams in sleep) and really feel comforted by this poem.

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  13. colleenDecember 15, 2019 at 10:27 AM

    I had to read scream twice. It set the moonless stage.

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:37 AM

      It's a jarring, but I thought, effective detail

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  14. Magical Mystical TeacherDecember 15, 2019 at 11:36 AM

    You describe unwavering, unflinching love.

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  15. ZQDecember 15, 2019 at 11:43 AM

    a lover's secret... well whispered : )

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  16. scotthastiepoetDecember 15, 2019 at 12:53 PM

    Telling writing Rommy - always good to read you...

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  17. Khaya RonkainenDecember 15, 2019 at 1:00 PM

    I love everything about this piece... The title alone conjures a certain mood. And the last stanza captures a determined kind of love, the one that prevails even when the moon hides its face. Beautiful write!

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  18. H. HennenburgDecember 15, 2019 at 1:38 PM

    Wow! Standing ovation to you, Rommy. Thank you for celebrating this kind of true love in such a perfect way. I love this poem!

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  19. Audrey Howitt aka DivaloungerDecember 15, 2019 at 3:45 PM

    Sitting is all of someone with them is an incredibly loving and accepting gift. This piece is so much that to me--

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:41 AM

      Yes, that is what I was going for. Thanks Audrey

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  20. brudbergDecember 15, 2019 at 3:52 PM

    To live with someone in such darkness is an act of true love.

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  21. Old EggDecember 15, 2019 at 5:42 PM

    How lucky is the recipient of your love Rommy; which you express so beautifully in this poem.

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    1. RommyDecember 22, 2019 at 8:45 AM

      When love is strong, all involved are very lucky

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  22. Susie ClevengerDecember 15, 2019 at 6:45 PM

    I feel the passion, the raw sensuality in this...Wow!

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  23. MargaretDecember 15, 2019 at 8:14 PM

    ...second read through and what got me is his holding you through the terror. his sitting "within". Powerful.

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  24. Rosemary Nissen-WadeDecember 16, 2019 at 7:07 PM

    Let me join the chorus of congratulation! Truly a wondrous poem, worthy of Kerry's original (and in the same tenor). And yes, that last line...!

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  25. SusanDecember 17, 2019 at 3:33 PM

    That is a love to cherish ...

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  26. Joel (@Stranded Tree)December 17, 2019 at 11:09 PM

    A commitment to one regardless of past, of darkness of their faults. The moon only hides its face once in a while.

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  27. Magic Love CrowJanuary 1, 2020 at 6:07 PM

    This is fantastic Rommy! Very moving!

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