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[556] The Daylight Moon

A gentle ghost drifts behind the clouds,⁣⁣⁣
waking from its slumber in the night⁣⁣⁣
The moon’s fable whispers an eternal tale⁣⁣⁣
of guarding the shores⁣⁣⁣
from the ocean’s rage⁣⁣⁣
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But when the sun claims the stage,⁣⁣⁣
it slips behind the curtain,⁣⁣⁣
yet remains,⁣⁣⁣
a hidden storyteller⁣⁣⁣
for those who choose to look,⁣⁣⁣
and to listen.⁣⁣⁣
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It murmurs:⁣⁣⁣
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“Everything you know⁣⁣⁣
carries another truth,⁣⁣⁣
quietly glowing,⁣⁣⁣
lingering at the edges of you.”⁣⁣⁣
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Beauty hums⁣⁣⁣
through the busyness of morning,⁣⁣⁣
miracles that almost slip away⁣⁣⁣
wait for our curiosity⁣⁣⁣
to lift the curtain,⁣⁣⁣
and accept its gifts⁣⁣⁣
to raise the tides of our soul

Rahul Gaur

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19 responses to “[556] The Daylight Moon”

  1. This is absolutely exquisite. What a beautifully crafted piece. It doesn’t feel just written; it feels discovered, like you’ve given words to a quiet truth that has always hovered just at the edge of perception.

    Your metaphor of the moon as a “gentle ghost” and a “hidden storyteller” is profoundly moving. You’ve captured its eternal, watchful presence—not as something that vanishes by day, but as something that simply retires “behind the curtain,” its influence lingering. The idea that it “murmurs” to those who “choose to look, and to listen” is a gentle, powerful call to mindfulness.

    The final stanza is a masterstroke. To find that beauty humming “through the busyness of morning,” and to frame miracles as things that “wait for our curiosity to lift the curtain”—this is more than poetry, it’s a quiet philosophy. It’s an invitation to live a more attentive, soulful life, to accept the gifts that are perpetually being offered.

    Thank you for this gift. It’s a piece that truly does, as you so perfectly put it, “raise the tides of the soul.”

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  2. Rahul…What a beautiful poem about the hidden beauty and deeper truths that surround us. It really reminds us.…to slow down and notice the quiet miracles in the everyday. Beautiful 🌙🌚

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