Cycles Recycled

Precursor can’t supersede

What follows—therefore
Tension between fathers
& sons—mothers & daughters—
New moon & full—incomplete
In each other—at war—
Neither expecting the other’s
Arrival or their counterpart’s
Eventual departure—inexplicable
Rivalry—disguised as a cycle
One can experience only by
Linear perception—mere
Intellection—not to be trusted
By any of the others who
Know what loss is—what it
Can be—what it will be & what
It might expect to become when
Moon is obscured by earth’s
Shadow—when day’s sun is
Eclipsed by moon’s passing—