We Make Moon

our mother
we pass moon
between us
we ask moon
answer
we wail moon
feed us
we eat moon
starving
we run moon
ragged
we think moon
and thank moon
we sing moon
full-throated
we scream moon
voiceless
we pound moon
a drumhead
we hit moon
cry moon
scared moon
soothe our fear

Gretchen Saint Gretchen is a Michigan-based transfemme writer. Her works have appeared in DIAGRAM, The Albion Review, and Nightingale & Sparrow, among others. She writes to find and feel her place in the world. She can be found on Instagram @GretchenSaintGretchen.