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    What the Moon Gave Her
    What the Moon Gave Her
    What the Moon Gave Her
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    What the Moon Gave Her

    By Christi Steyn

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    It is never too late to become all that you envision. Your birth happens more than once so sink into each feeling of uncertainty and ride with the waves.

    From loneliness, fear, and change comes a breathtaking collection of poetry that inspires strength and self-healing during a time when we couldn’t feel farther apart.
    What the Moon Gave Her is a poetry collection born from self-discovery. The debut collection from Christi Steyn delves into themes of self-doubt, anxiety, and the unprecedented loss felt during the height of the pandemic. Beauty is found in every corner of this book's six dynamic chapters––"birth by the ocean", “you plucked too many petals," “how to grow wings,” "dancing dolphins,” "full moon/bloom" and "two trees intertwined"

    What the Moon Gave Her is a moving collection about rebirth and the way we reconnect with the world around us through love.
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews McMeel Publishing
    Release dateNov 8, 2022
    ISBN9781524882624
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      What the Moon Gave Her copyright © 2022 by Christi Steyn. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5248-8262-4

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      to my two grandmothers

      my lunar guides

      thank you for holding the moon for me

      your birth happens more than once

      chapters

      Birth by the Ocean

      an awakening

      You Plucked too Many Petals

      leaving love

      How to Grow Wings

      in the cocoon

      butterfly burst

      Dancing Dolphins

      in strangeness we find our true selves

      Full Moon/Bloom

      live in your power

      Two Trees Intertwined

      the love poems

      about the author

      the way of the waves

      chapter one

      Birth by the Ocean

      an awakening

      help me moon

      there is nothing more that i can mortally do

      but i still feel at fault even though

      i did not ask the sun to set

      there is nothing to grab onto

      watching it sink, knowing that these hands are not fireproof

      forget the reach

      i’ve prayed for wings enough

      made deals with the dark

      none accepted, greeted with laughs

      help me moon

      find me soon

      become a waterfall

      please allow yourself to live

      don’t let it pass by

      consume sky

      you can be present

      as long as there is music

      there is dancing

      spread as much light as you can

      hold every hand

      you will be on the receiving end my friend,

      the rain falls and pours

      but will always arrive back with the clouds

      become a waterfall

      be unbearable

      be too much

      be a whole heap of love

      waving at waves

      being honest with yourself is brave

      you, my darling

      can avoid this feeling of guilt

      i have seen you lie in front of the waves

      inviting them to wash over your skin

      so you can begin,

      begin to move on with this time we call life

      you want to feel less heavy and i understand

      your lies have now become sand

      too much and scattered

      fitting in never really mattered

      why are you scared of being different?

      i cannot grasp why you would kill the most interesting part of yourself

      what the ocean gave her

      you cannot expect me to fit in

      when i breathe a different air

      telling me to find you there

      beneath the trees

      somewhere among an autumn breeze

      i am living in summer

      with my lover, the ocean

      my hope and guide

      will never rely on someone to provide

      it has always been the sea for me

      stop convincing my heart to trust you instead

      if it weren’t for the sea

      i’d be gone

      i’d be dead

      big sister baby

      (a poem for mika koraal)

      hello there, little girl

      with a tiny pearl heart

      coral is your name

      the ocean swimming in your veins

      today is only the start, we hear the beat of your jellyfish heart

      innocent, ethereal mika

      made from love and salty, blonde curls

      i look forward to all the twirls on the kitchen floor,

      i’ll be your dolphin and you’ll beg for more trips on my shoulders

      we’ll dive through oceans and climb choppy boulders

      i’ll be your mermaid in the pool and your mother,

      my sister, will stare and drool

      at the little creation that she made

      with your dad

      it started as a little grain of sand

      an empty oyster

      idea at hand

      morphing with lobster and glee

      now poseidon’s greatest key

      a fine place

      there are truths tucked away inside

      all of us

      whispering how we are wrong

      you do not need so many things

      do less

      more

      is more stress

      monstrously devouring your sense of calm

      bring back ease

      become a breeze

      you are rushing only to rush somewhere

      while you are already there

      exactly where you need to be,

      breathe into simply being

      here is a fine place to exist

      an opening

      here i am

      vulnerable in front of the universe

      here is my heart

      it will remain open for my

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