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# Under A Buck's Moon
- URL: https://the-stardust-journal-press.ghost.io/under-a-bucks-moon/
- Published: 2025-07-10T13:15:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-01T16:50:58.000Z
- Author: Daniel Rutberg
- Tags: poetry, Buddha, direction, Journey, the way, #Migrated-1782924600586, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-01 12:50

**With eyes closed**

I am awakened  
And see quite clearly  
That in this moment  
Something shifted—

I see the path I’d taken,  
The one I thought I’d longed for,  
no longer holds the Buddha’s footprints.  
Somewhere along the way  
I’ve missed my mark—  
I’d gone astray.

The question looms  
Large in my reflection:  
Do I go on  
Or retrace my steps  
To find my way?

I sit and wait  
For direction  
And hear the

Buck Moon’s  
whispered wisdom—  
*“Either way.”*