I pause on the edge of dark, on the edge of light, my direction halted by uncertainty. Between is a narrow ledge, a threshold balanced on an abyss. Am I coming or going? The end is also the beginning and all my questions are merely maps without roads.
I have become abstracted by an imagined journey in which seeking transforms into finding. In which the visions that ripple my consciousness turn out to be real. But what if matter is as transient as thought?
half-awake, spirit
splits, expands—crescent-mirrored
into cosmic tides
Frank at dVerse asks us to write a haibun referring to the Mezza Luna, the half or crescent moon. When I was looking for art for the post, I came across the collage at the top, which I used for another of Frank’s moon prompts a year ago.
I am always photographing the moon, so I had plenty of photos to choose from as well. The mirror effect in the first photo is caused by the window through which I shot the photo.
K. 
Wonderful!!
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I always love your collages, Kerfe, they illustrate your writing perfectly, especially the opening sentence, which drew me in with its uncertainty. I also like the idea of questions being ‘merely maps without roads’. The haiku is stunning.
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Thanks Kim. The moon is always on my mind, so this was a good prompt for me.
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The dichotomy, light and dark, is fascinating. So many images flow from it, the fear and uncertainty of what we can’t see, wondering if it’s really there.
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It’s the basic structure of our interactions I think.
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Seeing things in three dimensions.
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I very much enjoyed this.🌗
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Thank you Melissa.
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lovely play of images and words – the push/pull – the ebb and flow, so to speak – and the “double” crescent moon is so exciting – it’s such a perfect image for this Haibun – everything in its own duality exposed and undressed, yet – rather not quite so, either.
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Thanks! We are permeated with duality…but somehow the moon reconciles.
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The moon does hold an allure playing with emotions. The artwork and poem always feels connected.
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Thanks! I’m glad you see the connection.
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The end is also the beginning…. the moon comes and goes, love what you did with your artwork
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Thanks Bjorn.
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This one is special for me as a mezza luna baby (76% waxing, which is where we’ll be tomorrow!) The full and new moons have their own power but I always find my creativity tied with the waxing half on the month. I love the questions the moon makes us ask ourselves, especially the ones beginning “What if…”
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I love all the phases of the moon, but the full moon is the one that likes to wake me. I’m not sure how it’s tied to my creativity, but it always has questions.
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This is a very good haibun, Kerfe. I like how you used this prompt very much.
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Thanks Robbie. I can always find something to write about the moon.
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I love “all my questions are maps without roads”.
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Thanks Sara. They are…
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