When the Moon is New by Joan McNerney

Groping through darkness

knocking everything down.

Down into enormous night

where thoughts unravel. 

Memories moan past us as

shadows quiver across walls.

We lie pinned to bed sheets

like captive butterflies. 

Dry butterflies...our throats

are brittle, eyes turning

from light.  Sore arms reach

for anything soft to hold. 

Remembering seasons gone by.

So many lost promises.

This huge moment surrounding us.

Wide awake we wait for the new day.

Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary zines such as Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze, Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Blueline, Halcyon Days and included in Bright Hills Press, Kind of A Hurricane Press and Poppy Road Review anthologies. She has been nominated four times for Best of the Net.