Chantry Circuitry Part 15 - Call to The Moon
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Another piece from my New Book "Chantry Circuitry". It is a series of poetic calls and incantations to Mystical and Archetypal figures. The Mandalas are meditation tools constructed from manipulated images of the poetry. The Audio features a reading by me - as opposed to an automated voiceover. Print and Kindle Version of "Chantry Circuitry" Now Available
Call To The Moon
I call to you, O Distant Moon,
Past flowing through your palette.
Moments come, gone too soon
Unbidden moonlit silhouettes
Open visage, concealing hood,
The waxing waning mirror.
My opal memories and mood
ebb, flow, shadow, glimmer.
My ancient burdened legends
Revealed in Mist and vapour.
Binding histories rearranged
Ink melts upon the paper.
Billowing, beguiling moon,
Shimmer through all I’ve seen.
As you shine, as you swoon,
I reshape all that I have been.
Happy Tomes Tuesday
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Thank you for your time as always
Graeme
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The poem feels like someone talking to the Moon the way you’d talk to an old friend who’s seen you through every version of yourself. There’s a softness in the way memories drift in and out, glowing for a moment and then slipping back into shadow, just like moonlight itself. The Moon becomes a kind of quiet witness here reflecting moods, old stories, and the parts of us we don’t always say out loud. The rhythm has that gentle rise and fall that makes the whole thing feel like a late‑night confession. What really stands out is the idea that we’re always changing, just as the Moon does, but somehow still recognisable to ourselves. By the end, it feels less like a spell and more like someone trying to make sense of who they’ve been and who they’re becoming, under a light that never judges.