# the phases of the moon, and my heart

[Anmol Atreya](https://substack.com/@anmolatreya)

Aug 11, 2024

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to miss someone is not something to be taken lightly,
to miss someone is to confess that you are greater than the sum of you,
you are deeper than the bones you grew into,
you are softer than your heart that does not beat for you alone

to miss someone is to know that the love of the world flows in you,
and it is warm
and it is sacred,
in the reflection of the one you miss,
in their sweet eyes,
and sweet smile,
the world melts

in the yearning of moments that have passed but stay alive,
the embers of your heart fall into a dust here past the age of earth

you too fall,
in its soft grace, you surrender

to miss someone is not something to be taken lightly,
to miss someone is to shine life into the purity of us that exists beyond time and space
it is to breathe a smile with a soft heart
it is to breathe sweetness into the strength it takes to miss them,
and feel them with you without being bound to time and space

perhaps to miss someone
is to shine a light on our own humanity
and to grow beyond us

in the sharing of our tenderness,
to recognise the reflection
in its purest form
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- Hand Angel by Donald Saaf