In the north At the northernmost point Of the moon Standing at the rim Of another wide old / worn gray crater I saw it I stood there in the sun Waiting for days Just to be sure I never slept I couldn't sleep The anger wouldn't leave me As the countless hours pa**ed The beating of my heart only gained speed Along the towering edge of that deep deep crater The sun always shone It never set Under that unyielding, all consuming, unyielding scalding glare In a funny way it made me think of home
I see it now Is this all I am? This is all I am. It was there it saw it there It was at the crown of eternal sunlight It was there I saw my sister and I reflected It was there that I realized The ocean of frigid night that flooded the basin of the crater, Never to be illuminated Neatly boarded the ceaseless summer Because by it's nature Any peak of perpetual sunlight Is linked to a sister of infinite night Just like the black sea Of the moon maybe I belong nowhere but here