Moon child

I was living in deep darkness

during my teenage years, 

with my soul in chaos in a newly

formed ocean of mud, 

the light hidden behind clouds.

I had knowledge without love,

embraced the wind without

precaution. I knew nothing

about contraception.

I became pregnant by the moon.

Abortion was good neither

for body or spirit, the minute

I had taken my clothes off,

the wind blew them away

and left me naked in the moonlight. 

I had knowledge of the moon

and my child was born.

I named her Tsukiko.

I brought her into the world

in the true light.

* meaning of Japanese name Tsukiko : moon child