Lonely Moon

Under that pale moon we fell,
deep beneath it's deceitful spell
the pallid beacon drew two moths,
each cut from very different cloths
sharing moonlight's loneliness, 
our curse; our void; our emptiness

Under that pale moon, truth died
two lonely hearts could not abide
their fate, to burn, perhaps to freeze
those moments in the moonlight seized
on fragile wings, on furtive flights
together in that palest light
  
We fluttered so, so far away,
each leading other's hearts astray
to other moons and other's pain
and other lies were told again
for love, forlorn, for sanity,
for isolation or, for vanity

Two hollow hearts beneath that moon,
where hollow feelings end so soon
the vacuum of an empty soul's
a cold, cold place, a black, black hole
where fidelity and pride may die,
underneath a moonlit sky
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Lindley Avatar
July 29, 2015 at 9:51 PM
This poem is awesome! I mean truly great.. So great I read it 4 times to catch every nuance, curve and inspired word.. Super 7 my friend and adding this work of art to my fav list.
Brown Avatar
July 30, 2015 at 1:04 PM
Thank you Robert, I am honored by your kindness
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