I’m so thin, I said to him,
the man in the moon,
and he smiled down at me,
and said: It’s only a phase,
you’ll see.
But my light is nearly out,
what shall I do in the dark?
Do? Why that’s when you
             become new,
                         and life begins again.

 

Arvilla Fee teaches English and is the managing editor for the San Antonio Review. She has published poetry, photography, and short stories in numerous presses, including Caliope, North of Oxford, Rat’s Ass Review, Mudlark, and many others. Her poetry books, The Human Side and This is Life, are available on Amazon. Arvilla loves writing, photography and traveling, and she never leaves home without a snack and water (just in case of an apocalypse). For Arvilla, writing produces the greatest joy when it connects us to each other.