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In an instant of darkness, she opened her eyes and the moon, radiant in the gloom, smiled down on her.
Waking up in the dark can feel lonely, but here it turns into something tender. The poem is a single sentence, and it moves the way a glance does: a woman opens her eyes for just a moment, and the first thing she meets is the moon, bright against the gloom and smiling down at her.
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