The Man in the Moon

      

“Think only, 

on what you are going to put first”,

said the man in the moon

to the spider

at his side.

She watched him intently, as

she spun her web; a thin

and veiled disguise.

“I put first

whatever feels right,” she whispered

as she tied up

knots in the sky, connecting the

stars’ angel-light with the words

she wished

she could say.

When he turned

his face away,

she knew she could no longer

stand

to be brave

…and she let her costume fall,

on the ground

it revealed

she was not a spider at all, but a

firefly drawn

to his light,

“I glow because of you,” she said,

and together,

they lit up the night.

Playing with this week's theme for Leeds Savage Club Writers' task: 'Tactical Bask'...