The Moonlight We Mistook and Love’s Echo

Our teacher gave us two chances to skip class: once for the bright moon, and once for the reeds by the river. But some people are destined to be nothing more than the bright moon, while others are destined to be no more than reeds by the river. When the lies woven from deceit are exposed, he can only belong to her. What is gained through deception will eventually be lost. It’s an old trope, but in different writers’ hands, it can still become something new.