leave it alone

a carved

white stone. let's call it 

the moon

for poetic

sake

is just a sliver

above the trees.

empty and devoid

of life,

but we

stare at it as if

we'd never

seen

the likes of it before.

a symbol of what?

but

for the sake of

poetic

endeavors 

please

leave it alone,

don't go there

anymore.