Tonight is a December full moon, also known as a Drift Clearing Moon [Oh, how I wish there were some drifts to clear!], Frost Exploding Trees Moon, Moon of the Popping Trees, Hoar Frost Moon, Snow Moon, Winter Maker Moon, and Long Night Moon. Here’s a poem by Hafiz to honour today’s moon, and to wish you all a year of sublime moons--but minimal mooning*--in 2021.
* In the sense of "behave or move in a listless and aimless manner” (which I seem to do far too much of, and far too little of the other type of mooning).
Admit Something
Everyone you see, you say to them,
Love me.
Of course you do not do this out loud;
Otherwise,
Someone would call the cops.
Still though, think about this,
This great pull in us
To connect.
Why not become the one
Who lives with a full moon in each eye
That is always saying,
With that sweet moon language,
What every other eye in this world
Is dying to Hear.
