the moon shepherdess

by sheepy.shoo

Published January 3, 2009

In my poetry

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The moon shepherdess

slarlight, starbright
sheep of the moon
thy wool on a spool
of thy shepherdess lady

she wears her hair open
braided with stars
her dress she laced
with skybound maps

on her arm she holds
a newborn lamb
its eyes two galaxies
here new worlds sleep
her faithful companions
thunder and lightning
herd the stars


I wrote this after I had finished reading a book by terry pratchett, in which there is talk about a china shepherdess. I hope you like it, please review it!
~sheepy

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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
— Neil Armstrong