Bring Me the Sunset in A Cup
By Esther Altshul Helfgott

I want the moon
to help me with my day
not just stay up there
when it's dark
and I'm alone with myself
wondering.

If Emily Dickinson can
ask for the sunset in a cup -
as she did in her 128th poem -
and it can be given to her -
or not - why, then, Mother,
should I not ask for the moon?