Do You Know a Moon’s Sorrow

Do you know a moon’s sorrow?

When shrouded by brooding clouds

as thunder and lightning cry out

masking the glory of its brilliant light?

Its luminance not even that of a firefly,

nature’s night light hanging in desperation;

desperate for some kind of cooperation

but this night the tempest just won’t comply.

Hours pass without an admiring fixation,

regretfully the satellite resigns and succumbs.

Pushed aside from the cyclic rotation;

swallowed up by the brilliance of the sun.

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Cemented Dreams

The window of my soul

peak through vinyl ladders;

sunbeam dreams

keep me mesmerized

though the view

is just out of my reach.

A wistful longing, deep

from within, for what

I don’t even know;

if only the window of

my soul would open up

wouldn’t you know, it’s stuck.

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A Stinging Rain

I see you in my memory;

it keeps replaying over and over

and I can’t break away as I keep

coming back to that cold and rainy day.

A water crescendo falling outside of my window,

drowning out the pain I can’t hide

but not the water shed of tears that hit the floor;

all alone as I hear you slam the front door.

The wheels keep turning in my brain

wondering where exactly we went wrong;

seeing you leave in the pouring rain

realizing the love was gone all along.

Running outside in the torrential rain

like a fool hoping against all hope;

praying that you’ll look back and turn around

but inside I know I’ll never see you again.

I’m wet, cold, and chilled to the bone

I don’t want to go inside, but I can’t stay here

in the middle of the road –  but you’re not

coming back – this much is clear.

Rainy days leave me feeling melancholy;

it takes me back every now and again

when I hear the patter on my window pane,

I painfully realize I no longer have anybody.

Copyright by NewLife2008