Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

I just finished reading the second Book of Abarat.
The book, in all its simplicity, echoes much of life's complexities.
It is a must read!

I found this piece at the end of the book and it so moved me.
The words in this poem gripped my heart and captured my very soul ...

Do this for me:
Find me a moon
made of longing.
Then cut it silver thin,
and having cut it,
hang it high
above my beloved's house,
so that he may look up
tonight
and see it,
and seeing it, sigh for me
as I sigh for him,
moon or no moon.


~ Christopher Carrion
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War