Moonlight

25/08/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



Do you ever just want to dance

Shrouded in pale moonlight,

Ethereal, otherworldly, and magical,

And free from all that binds?



I wish I could close my eyes,

Covered by hands like butterfly wings,

Blocking out the rest of the world

With all of its harsh reality.



There’s value in holding on tight

To the fantasy of imagination

Where everything impossible is possible

As long as you think it to be.



Slaves could rule over masters,

The hungry could feast on the rich.

Animals could speak words of wisdom

And the planets could all align.



Humankind will always be disparate,

Unequal in power and might,

Bosses lauding control

As kings did over the serfs.



Wealth tears societies apart

With the haves and the have nots,

Imbalance creates a vicious cycle

That keeps the poor in their place.



We tune out the voices we don’t understand

And miss the signs that all around us.

The plants and animals could teach so much

If only we opened our ears.



It seems that we’d much rather have faith

In the sorcery of times gone by

When the seemingly supernatural

Could not yet be explained by likes of us.



Smoke might transform into diamonds,

The sea might give birth to the mountains,

Dragons might sleep on hearth rugs

And moonlight might be as bright as the sun.



But smoke wafts away on the breeze,

No riches left here for me to find.

The lingering odour feeding memories

Of something that may never have occurred.



While the sea roars and rushes

It tears down the land it surrounds,

Eroding the foundation of my existence

As it gorges on all that it sees.



No great wings beat over my head

And my ankles remain unscorched,

With no scales shed in the carpet

And no way to vanquish my foes.



But the moonlight dances on the water

And plays funny tricks on my eyes,

The white sea horses frolic gayly,

Glinting and shimmering and free.