# the Woman

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he is a wolf chasing his moon
every night, he howls, hopefully.
climbing mounts and wanting
the moon to be closer.
and one time, drinking water in a lake nearby,
he stumbled upon the moon reflection.
sat down and started gazing at its whiteness beauty
and he singed his favourite song to it,
waves washed on his feet as if the moon is listening to his tunes.
after singing his final note and without hesitation,
he jumped into the lake
…
finally, he touches it, he can touch the moon
moment of joy, at last
felt at ease, stopped tensing his muscle
all his resistance vanished
as the moon swallowed him whole
in his last breath, he remembered
the one he called… stranger
oh, such a fool he was
this wicked game he played
people said, people said…

-R