Moonwater

Where the night pours its light

Your name is the light.

Prayer pulls the light.

Prayer pulls the light
from the skies
and the birches.

The heart grows,
spreads streams of mercy.

Rivers turn into seas,
my enemies rest.

I have promised you my grief,
my beloved.

I have given you all my nights.

The first word
and its morning,
I take now.

I take your name.

Vaishali Paliwal

Vaishali Paliwal

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