Love of my Light

She is like the moon
Every day, I see her about
Sneaking under the shining eyes of others
Abiding by the rules of daylight
Just on the cusp of invisible

The world spins on
Oblivious to her role
Unappreciative of her importance
But she is not so shallow
As to live off of congratulations

It is at night when she is most alive
When she does become the glowing sensation of the room
The eyecatcher in the sky
Cresting smiles, waxing poetic
So full of life like though she had never lived before

Stars trail in the flow of her hair
Shooting through the night with her name
Angel’s Trumpets caring her tune in their aroma
Falling so far and wide
Even the owls know who she is

Yet, some nights, her heart wanes
Lips close
A dark side everyone has comes to sight
Those nights, she becomes a new person
Breaking the tides of hearts

But I know I’ll see her again
Alive under the moonlight
So long as my light catches her
I know that smile will shine once more
These are just phases of a greater cycle

Oddish, the Weed Pokémon

hand-drawn artwork

Oddish are not daylight plant Pokémon. They bury themselves in the dirt while the sun is up, both to keep their bodies safe and cooled down surrounded by dirt and to feed off nutrients in the soil through their feet. Doing this also keeps the leaves atop their heads lush and healthy, though the position does often lead to the Pokémon being mistaken for weeds or standing out to predators in lands with smaller blades of grass.
When night falls over the sky, Oddish dig themselves out and begin the journey. It is moonlight -- not sunlight -- that helps this Pokémon grow, and groups of them can be seen walking, as though following the orbit of the moon to stay within its sight for as long as possible. But they also do this to spread seeds into the soil and continue a cycle of nourishing the lands they leave behind for the next group of Oddish who will one day pass through. Some nights, the Oddish will travel as far as one thousand feet from where they started, crossing significant portions of a region for bodies as small as theirs. This tendency has earned the species the scientific name of Oddium Wanderus.

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