Sunday, June 30, 2013

Moon Clouds

Summer moon,
Your face blurred behind clouds
That move with a soft white glow,
Your quiet splendor lost
On the faces below.  

Embroiled in the heat of revelry,
The abandon of night,
The exhaustion of forgetting
What could have been,
What might -  

Souls turn to one another
With eyes that barely speak,
Worn by intoxication
Of sound, and light, and drink.  

The mind can barely think.
The nose has lost its sense.
But the mouth moves
In the hopeful present tense: 

You are beautiful, the most beautiful.  

Let us love tonight 

And escape the sight  

Of our memories.  

Summer moon,
Time is late to feel regret.
Don’t look upon my yearning.
Better yet that you should set
And make my shadow die.
 

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