ONE SMALL STEP
The moon delights
in its shadow play
wantonly displays herself
now coyly hides
behind the flimsiest of clouds
making light of dark...dark light.
Teases
our senses
acts out
our romantic notions
as if a poet
had hung her there
suspended in time
and thought
created only of words
& our desires
this orb
an actor
in our play
THE ART OF LOVE.
She belongs
in songs
exclusively the month
of June
a banal rhyme.
Here
on our honeymoon
men walk
across her face
bringing her back
to reality
as if she had gone
insane
believing she was
a poet’s plaything.
Blanching now the wood:
“I have also relied on the kindness of poets!”
All her reflected glory
lost
amongst dust and rocks
little steps and giant steps.
Was it just a tale
I heard told
of Persian storytellers
suing NASA
for spoiling how
she should be seen?
Behold!
Bold as a newly minted
wife
I unbind the moon
set her loose
let her run free
again in the wilderness
of
imaginations
free from scientific
discourse
as I dance with
my newly acquired husband.
A mariachi band plays
MOONLIGHT SERENADE
in our chiaroscuro
of love
the moon
smiling down on
our dreams
( our dreams ).
Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017 at 7:16 PM UTC
ONE SMALL STEP
The moon delights
in its shadow play
wantonly displays herself
now coyly hides
behind the flimsiest of clouds
making light of dark...dark light.
Teases
our senses
acts out
our romantic notions
as if a poet
had hung her there
suspended in time
and thought
created only of words
& our desires
this orb
an actor
in our play
THE ART OF LOVE.
She belongs
in songs
exclusively the month
of June
a banal rhyme.
Here
on our honeymoon
men walk
across her face
bringing her back
to reality
as if she had gone
insane
believing she was
a poet’s plaything.
Blanching now the wood:
“I have also relied on the kindness of poets!”
All her reflected glory
lost
amongst dust and rocks
little steps and giant steps.
Was it just a tale
I heard told
of Persian storytellers
suing NASA
for spoiling how
she should be seen?
Behold!
Bold as a newly minted
wife
I unbind the moon
set her loose
let her run free
again in the wilderness
of
imaginations
free from scientific
discourse
as I dance with
my newly acquired husband.
A mariachi band plays
MOONLIGHT SERENADE
in our chiaroscuro
of love
the moon
smiling down on
our dreams
( our dreams ).
OBSCURANTISM
PRONUNCIATION:
(uhb-SKYOOR-uhn-tiz-uhm, ob-skyoo-RAN-tiz-uhm)
MEANING:
noun:
1. Opposition to the spread of knowledge.
2. Being deliberately vague or obscure; also a style in art and literature.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obscurare (to make dark).
