Distance

I gaze upon a beauty
that I can never grasp.
You are forever changing
as the years drift pass.

Shrouded by night, suspended
in darkness so I appear to you.
Bathed in light, watched by another
and I hide from view.

A Mother, a lover a giver of life
if only we were one.
I'm just a barren landscape, you give 
me meaning though your work is never done.

We belong together, we are
in a perfect balance.
I am forever staring;
I am in a trance.

You have been witness
to my change of face.
I have a darker side
that you can never trace.

I'm held from you by
an unforeseeable force.
I journey around your light
as I run my course.

All I have to offer you is
my unwavering attention.
Night and day I travel 
without any comprehension.

Of what is on your surface,
you give life but to who?
I'm often left to wonder what
dwells within the green and blue?

I may be nothing to you but you
mean the world to me.
I am just a simple moon,
but oh, the things I see.

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Beata Agustin

November 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM

Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.

Gavin Pattison

June 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Nice personification of the moon there, I like the way it leads to the conclusion which is given in the final stanza, good going! Kind regards, Gavin.