‘Celestial Rendezvous’

Photographer - Tobi Brun

Celestial Rendezvous

The last time the Moon engulfed the Sun,
They had just finished a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon-
Tongues and lips stained scarlet
And their cheeks flushed a similar shade.

The Sun’s Brooklyn apartment felt hundreds of square feet
Smaller as they had clamored through the door,
Knocked their shoes and hips against the oak frame
With the force of meteors entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

When the Moon engulfs the Sun, she loses her incandescence,
Her radiance swallowed up to cast only a ring of light-
A mere shadow of herself.

She knows after this celestial rendezvous,
She'll anticipate the next orbit the Moon makes
To come back and devour her once more.

Liss McNeilis is a current undergraduate studying English (Creative Writing). She is a first-generation college student with a passion for all things literature.