
While you may think I am exclusively yours,
that I light your night, inspire your dreams,
I know you fully understand, beyond mere metaphors,
my duty to circle the globe, to shine my beams.
While Mariza has captured my power in her lens,
framing me artfully with entwined branches of deep brown
Moony in Canada climbs the steps to the roof and opens
her heart as she pens words worthy of world-wide renown.

Inspirational I can be, but also illuminating,
as I guard Yem's wood pile in the state of Maine,
brighten the NY night as I see Pisces rainbow and rockabye ruminating,
and shine on Denerica and a Pixiestix notebook through an NJ windowpane.
Over Philly I watch out for bozoloper and friends
coming home from a late night concert, and shine in brilliance
in a pass over Florida, to silhouette the flora and fauna trends
for Olivia33, the thoughtful, prolific poet of resilience.
I catch up with Catz in AZ, state-hopper carma, aiming her camera at me,
look for PJ and blushfulmoon in Kentucky, search for Margaret G
from Canada, sighted in Europe, where I clearly see
the soft lights of maa's aura and Garuda just happy to be.

As I circle the globe on my nightly command,
I travel down under over the Sea of Arafura in Australia,
watch over the ducklings treasured by Hugh in New Zeeland,
reassuring Angelica, Jenelda and Hine as they spot me shining in full regalia.
Over the Philippines I soar, assuring Summer of a good night's sleep,
respite for Lee from his poetic lessons in Malaysia, you see,
then fly far North to find Sie in Alaska's vastness in a leap,
search for Hopewithwings, and find in Illinois the elusive Leah McGee!
Uniting all you poets in your uncommon dream, I shine on you all,
as I spot prolific Penman in CA, Peteskid and Maureen in the USA,
waydownauponjoy and Darlene in FL, FransB in South Africa standing tall,
Charli-J in Canada, and Ohio's Poeticweaver, who has the last say.















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