Moon-Me
Audio of Moon-Me by Poet Kate Marshall Flaherty
Music by Gabe Flaherty
I’m so glad to have had another opportunity to collaborate with my son Gabe Flaherty — I love the way Gabe’s music enhances the poetry, in this case exploring the “yin” with a mesmerizing lunar bed-track, with subtle waves, shifts and warm pads
Check out his website for more examples of his gifts and projects:
https://www.gabeflaherty.com
Moon-Me
There is a moon inside every human being
learn to be companions with it ~ Rumi
The one moon I know
,,,,,,,,,,has countless sisters
throughout the cosmos, but hers
is the one face I see—
hers the one with sliding shadows
and silver-lit-ness,
the one that pulls our tides
,,,,,,,,,,births our babes, slivers and shimmers,
waxes/wanes
O moon, I have prayed to you—
,,,,,,,,,,Above. In space. Beyond. Have always
,,,,,,,,,,seen you outside myself, but now I am told you
are within me—that
I am brimming with moon-ness—
Where?
Are you in my gut? My brain-dreams
or throat hollow?
My wolf howls to you
I too have a dark face, cold side,
craters. I too can be cold
when the sun makes me
shadow
I too feel depressions,
footprints and flags
,,,,,,,,,,in grainy b/w—
orbiting circles,
,,,,,,,,,,warming and cooling
,,,,,,,,,,round a hotter orb
Only from your cratered face
did I see my whole self—
Moon I shall not call you you at all,
but declare
,,,,,,,,,,Moon-me,
that I might learn to love
lesser gravity
Dear Katy. Your poem Moon-Me is lovely. Gabe’s music is also beautiful and the mix of you reading ( your voice ) causes me to stop what I am doing and sink into the images.
I have yet to allow the moon inside of me, somehow uneasy with its alien brilliance. Your poem helps.
Thanks. Rosemary
Rosemary, you made my day! I always feel weird about “sending stuff out there,” and yet I want to celebrate … especially the gift and joy of getting a chance to collaborate with Gabe. And the privilege of working with Allan 🙂 Yes, as the world gets more yang, I suppose a bit of yin moon is a good balance. Love to you! xoxox
Wow! Gorgeous!
Thanks Pauline xo
This is so touching and vulnerable KT!! With Gabe’s soundtrack behind your words I am quickly whisked far away to somewhere distant …. yet so hauntingly close. You are a “culinary baker of words”. Simply beautiful my dear friend!
Awe Phil, so great to hear from you, and to read your generous words. Such a gift coming from a magical musician yourself! I will share them with Gabe. xoxox