Moon-Drenched Nights
The stranger treads the sidewalk,
Walking his happy-go-lucky canine
Solitude is preserved in him…
He’s as hard as a rock
Faint melody is heard on his cell phone
As quick as lightning strikes
Acting chicken with his girlfriend,
Calling him unexpectedly during his fine walk with his buddy
He picks up the phone timidly in a hurry
He talks on his phone at a quarter till nine
Dance with me with the bells chiming in the distance
Are you a ghostly friend or a fiend, being a feisty, greedy predator?
In the background, I see you swaying right this instance
Are you alone or are you with someone else?
I don’t mean to intercede…I want you to lead the way, you heroic leader!
Get out of your comfort zone
Share with me your angelic features – a secret left unknown
Whisper into my ears and I’ll never feel alone
I remember those moon-drenched nights we made love,
Now I’m as hard as stone
You blow my mind with sunlit serenity
Yonder come night, moon-drenched nights come our way
Leaving behind all heartache, piling upon us with poverty
Render your dreams to the peace-abiding angels and they’ll paint us
A thousand more moon-drenched nights,
Spoiling us rotten with peace paradise, not disarray
Lift your head off the floor and look upright and see the eye-catching sights!
Move forward and be the light of the world of woe
Are you a clever angel or a devious devil,
Stimulated by blood-fire and stealing away our moon-drenched nights?
Cemented ink splotches the skies with menacing lies
I can hear your echoing goodbyes, I see you vaguely, making high-pitched cries
My ears are bleeding…can you hand me a tourniquet?
I’m feeling sorry for you…can you pass me a handkerchief?
Are you alone and want everyone to be on your level?
I don’t mean to be rude or anything of that nature,
But you resemble a brainless follower!
Can you see the sun beams,
Streaming down beneath the surface of the sea?
We’re breaking by the seams
It’s NOT what it seems…what happened to your glory?
Has it transformed to envy and melancholy?
The stranger treads the sidewalk,
Walking with a peculiar, stray feline by his side,
Too shy to reveal herself in front of him
Fearing rejection…fearing judgmental comments
But still feeling that same whim
The sky was overcast and the clouds were grim
The dog and his friendship were blazing aflame…
God knows what the cat felt,
Knowing that deep down inside – this nameless shame
This shady, yet dazzling sensation is bottled up in him…
He’s smoking a cigarette –
I wish him moon-drenched nights with his fiancé
He’s walking on thin ice as his violin voice projects louder than ever…
I wish he would shut his mouth and be with his darling
Forever in a single moon-drenched night
All along, he was chit-chatting
On his phone at a quarter till midnight
Copyright © J.W. Earnings | Year Posted 2014
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