Gibbous

Around my finger
I wear a fading fake-gold crescent moon
and it always always pulls my hair
and unfurls the threads in my sweaters,
sometimes draws blood...

but it reminds me of my soulmate
it reminds me that there's a person out there
whose soul so matches my own
that it's worth all the pilling...

It makes me feel a little bit,
a little bit,
less alone
In this, the greatest wide world.