The day may come when the moon shutters its light the sun no longer blooms across my eastern sill
no reckoning
of nocturnal hauntings upon the bed fragranced
for us
the day may come
and Summer will never again bring the end of the world raptured
raging
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Melissa A. Chappell is a writer living in rural South Carolina. Her poetry is greatly influenced by the natural world. She is an ordained Lutheran pastor and has a BA in Music Theory and a Master of Divinity degree. Chappell has previously been published in BlazeVox, Adelaide Literary Magazine, The Orchards Poetry Journal and The Emerson Review, among others. She shares her life with her family and two miniature schnauzers.
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