Longer Shadows of the Moon

He is caught between one life and another while my pain lengthens like a shadow of the moon We are like leaves, played with by the wind O lengthening dark vision reaching across our lives It came, at last, without a sound... his leave taking came without a word, but we both heard it in the silence.... His world is in the palm of his hand and my world is this moment that does not move O furtuna, sternit fortem O furtuna, rota tu volubillis Never was he mine, never was he not mine The child, no longer, child that bends and sways My eyes reflect the clouds upon the sky for he reaches out a hand upon my crown and I feel the gentle warmth upon my head A knowing hand of man, not boy, that once I vowed to keep must leave and know that I will weep as if I am the child, ....not he,...instead O fortuna, velut luna Statu variabillis, semper crescis, aut decrescis; I force a smile, and watch him fly away Quod per sortem .... Sternit fortem, never was he mine, never was he not mine ----------------------------------- For Deb's Contest: Bi-Lingual Latin translated ---- O Fortuna (O Fortune) Velut luna (like the moon) Statu variabilis (you are changeable) Semper crescis (ever waxing) Aut decrescis; (and waning;) Quod per sortem (since Fate) Sternit fortem, (strikes down the string) Rota tu volubilis, (you whirling wheel) Corde pulsum tangite; (pluck the vibrating strings;) Quod per sortem (since Fate) Sternit fortem, (strikes down the string)