"moonman" poems
Now for years I haven’t seen him
nor know if he is alive or dead
the shadowy man who floated like dream
each moonlight on the roof surfaced!
When from my window his silhouette I caught
saw him on his voyage embark
the moon stalker day’s small-time clerk
wove a magic spell on my thought!
As the moon came over the eastern edge
silver orbed in her glorious rebirth
he would be there lost in his gaze
like a moonman stuck on the earth!
Madly his eyes riveted on the sky
in pursuit of gain unknown
as if once unmoored to her he would fly
leaving this world disowned!
Hours passed by his wonder not ebbed
eased not the moon stalker's trance
it seemed to me moon's waning he grieved
mourned dimming of her silvery dance!
Each full moon saw this unfailing zeal
on the roof two lovers' meet
his eyes sky bound till he had his fill
the moonman on earthly transit!
Mar 27, 2014
Mar 27, 2014 at 1:04 PM UTC
Sometimes I imagine,
I'm the man on the moon.
Brought to this existence,
Entirely to soon.
Without choice was I,
Cast into this role,
While being forced to watch,
All the beauty and wonder below.
To watch the youth,
Rumble and tumble,
Grow fair and strong,
See their joy and their trouble.
Unable to lend hand,
Or participate,
Simply from afar,
All this I must take.
To see a love flourish,
And the agony of loss,
I'd give all of my mass,
To be a part of their flock.
As the ultimate outsider,
No chance to be held...
As the ultimate outsider,
In the distance I dwell...
Jan 4, 2017
Jan 4, 2017 at 5:43 PM UTC
my soul may be singing
but my eyes are bleeding
from pain i am breathing
it sings through my being
and my ears keep ringing
i’m reaching for meaning
but blinded from seeing
the truth in my thinking
i wish i could know why
the stars keep on blinking
why the moonman’s singing
or why i wake up in a dream
where i’m sleeping?
Feb 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018 at 1:39 AM UTC
.
*he lays
perfectly still,
with his back,
one with the ground.
his hand,
tracking the cadence
in his chest,
as he
milks poetry
out of the moon.*
.
Apr 19, 2021
Apr 19, 2021 at 7:59 AM UTC
So, stare up at noon with stars up at night
I’ll have the moon, you’ll have the light
I’ll see you soon, and so happens we might
Stare up to you, quiet goodbye
Moonman/Sunman
Moonman made morning
Sunman had it
Moonman saw evening
Sunman hadn’t
Moonman left evening
Sunman hasn’t
Moonman missed morning
Sunman has it
So, stare up at one with clouds out a ways
I’ll have the sun, you’ll have the days
I’ll see you son, and in your stays
Stare up to one, why, it would wave
Moonman/Sunman
Moonman made morning
Sunman had it
Moonman saw evening
Sunman hadn’t
Moonman left evening
Sunman hasn’t
Moonman missed morning
Sunman has it
Moonman/Sunman
Moonman/Sunman
Dec 6, 2020
Dec 6, 2020 at 10:43 AM UTC