Richard Bruce (Bruce Nugent), "Shadow" (1925)
On the face of the moon
Am I.
A dark shadow in the light.
A silhouette am I
On the face of the moon
Lacking color
Or vivid brightness
But defined all the clearer
Because
I am dark,
Black on the face of the moon.
A shadow am I
Growing in the light,
Not understood
As is the day,
But more easily seen
Because
I am a shadow in the light.
Published in Opportunity, October 1925
Also published in Caroling Dusk, 1927