Judges comments

It seems the moon is a popular subject amongst the authors of PnQ this week. To be brutally honest I have no real idea why I have given this poem 7 points this week. It is small and confusing but at the same time it is captivating. The middle line of this piece is very powerful and very relate-able to everyone that reads it. Whether it be somebody we have lost or simply somebody we have read about who has died too soon. It conjures images of wondering how their life may have played out if they were not taken away. Line 4 is very blunt and very sombre. The final line is the confusing line, it links with the title and the suggestion of an empire points to a huge statement of loss, apart from that I am in the dark. But this poem has at least had me thinking