{"id":793,"date":"2022-11-05T15:21:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T15:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=793"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:40:43","slug":"where-the-moon-touches-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Where the Moon Touches the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Where-the-Moon-Touches-the-Sea-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Where-the-Moon-Touches-the-Sea-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Where-the-Moon-Touches-the-Sea-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Where-the-Moon-Touches-the-Sea-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">On a clear night, when the moon is full, you can see the round face of the moon reflected in the dark waters below.&nbsp; It is amazing to think that the moon, which seems so far away, has the power to pull this vast body of water towards herself and direct the tides. Many times in my thoughts and dreams I have travelled down to the water in the light of a full moon.&nbsp; In these moments I imagine her as a wise and gentle queen who sees all from her place in the sky above.&nbsp; She gracefully reaches her hand down to the water and touches the sea, turning it to liquid silver. To see something so rare and beautiful changes your heart in a powerful way, as you hold this beauty in your dreams and memories.&nbsp; Is there a place in nature that you like to return to that touches your heart?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0b4262\"><strong>Where the Moon Touches the Sea<\/strong>\nBy Krista Longeway\n\nIn my dreams I have found a secret place\nWhere the full moon gently touches the sea\nThe soft glow of her beautiful round face \nSilently lighting the way home for me\n\nShe is the true queen of the skies at night\nReaching across the sea with gentle grace\nShining like liquid silver, her bright light \nReflects gently off the water\u2019s surface\n\nHer reflection shimmering and dancing\nAcross the swell of the waves far from shore\nThe distant song of the sea entrancing\nMy own heart has been changed forevermore\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a clear night, when the moon is full, you can see the round face of the moon reflected in the dark waters below.&nbsp; It is amazing to think that the moon, which seems so far away, has the power to pull this vast body of water towards herself and direct the tides. 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