TAMWORTH POEMS: ON THE NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON

ON THE NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON

On the porch the women spoke

Of goddesses and wonder.

Behind the trees the moon arose

In glowing orange splendor.

From north and south and east and west

They called for strength and power

To meet life’s most exacting tests,

Lighten life’s darkest hours.

Then Luna, Goddess of the Moon,

Rose queenly in the night

To grant them her distinctive boon

Of clear and healing light.

She inspired them to journey on

Casting impediments off,

Aspiring to new horizons,

Daring to venture forth.