..[O].. :::::::and :::::::::::::::::shy some moths dare hang around a light, dim, peeping....a lone terra cotta lamp........not bright enough....to guide a journeying mind.....through some dark paths......one....two more lamps could help stop the tripping..... .on life's many humps, it makes the air....stale......with sighs, uncomfortably moist, with cold sweat the window curtains are a shield, a weak wall, pregnant with longing and apprehension.......soon it will collapse, more moths will fly free........the fleeing the healing.......could make nights longer...........the air staler...............in this dark conquering.............silence :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Evening rain showers merge with the humid air.......the strong scent of the growing pine tree...the scarce light the aroma of chicken, simmering in a mix of vinegar, soy sauce ...............garlic and spices penetrate my nostrils and infuse the atmosphere, and.....disconcert me i'm taken back, i gulp i salivate...a late solo dinner awaits...glass of wine.......beckons i give in....i sit by the garden table.......raise my wine glass.......i say "Cheers!"...........tonight's .................not so full moon ..........is shy............and hazy as i hum....Patsy Cline's, "Crazy." :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::Sunday moon, May 1, 2016::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Sally
Copyright May 1, 2016 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
...an older poem, edited... just recalling some night...the moon of more than a year ago....and the food on the table that night... a poem shaped like my terra cotta lamp in the garden