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Now comes the night
in all its sweet darkness
darkness from whence
everything came.

Then rise the moon
all of her silver beauty
mocking me for being alone
mocking me for being alone
mocking me for being alone
on this night.

Mocking me for being alone
Mocking me for being alone with the
Heaviness of my crude human heart
threatening to burst on these
tangled bedsheets
good for nothing but reminding me of the
taste of another’s sweetness
How I’d kill to feel that again!
How I’d kill to know even then

That loneliness can kill
that drinking all your fill
Will only bring such thirst
in the morning

How happiness can hurt
In spite of all the mirth
as soon as they still leave
I feel they never once would have loved me
I feel they never once would have loved me.

For who would love a fool such as I?
A girl who looks upon the sky
and sees the moon as some wretched sister
though she is a god, I swear that I know her

I’ve told her of my love
and her silver facepaint never flakes
til-til the morning
til her love comes back, him
so bright and beautiful
bringing light, not sorrow
and now she shines her light on my tired human
skin, on her way to the Pleiades
Must be nice
to be able to touch the sky.

And I tell myself she’s alone like me
for a cold comfort is all I need
she feels the light of her love
but cannot touch him
why, my moon, my friend, my ally, we are
fighting the same war
so just stay until the dawn
Just stay until the dawn.

So, rise the moon
over the Pleiades
I’ll stay in bed
alone.

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from Mad Heart: Sappho's Fragments in Song: Live at LitCrawl 2022, released January 18, 2023

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Cadence Chung Wellington, New Zealand

Cadence Chung is a poet, composer, musician, and student from Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. Her poetry has been published widely, with her debut chapbook 'anomalia' released in April 2022 with Tender Press. Her original musical 'In Blind Faith' debuted at BATS Theatre in August 2022, and she is currently studying Classical Voice at the New Zealand School of Music. ... more

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