Moonlight, a Few Shadows and a Shower of Rain
Moonlight, a Few Shadows and a Shower of Rain
At times, they were ‘the’ couple;
the gold in a quartz vein
until guilt raised an admonishing finger,
alerting him to what he should have seen
and, from experience, should have known;
her need before it was needed.
She’d spoken in stretched sighs
which he hadn’t the ability to read.
She just wanted a place to rest her heart;
he never understood the importance of affection.
He watches as her eyes turn to tungsten,
drilling into his emotionless senses
then she lifts the letter box into his thoughts
and a harsh realisation dawns on her;
the door slams, relationship is extinguished
and she’s flees showing a pained pair of heels!
The shock, again, creates a trap door in his head
and recriminations pour swiftly through;
the postman, once more, has delivered
an unfulfilled relationship!
Later, alone within the noise of silence,
feelings of remorse, marginally sanguine, lie close
until the moon saunters up his garden path,
a cordial invitation to walk, stretch his guilt-filled legs.
He accepts gracefully and with gratitude
and soon the odd ball couple stroll on
while a few, friendly, shabby shadows
clamber to put on their walking boots;
eventually bothering beads of rain
string themselves along their journey.
As they wander whimsically along
he reconsiders that perhaps being alone
doesn't purely represent selfishness, loneliness;
Mother Nature has been a good friend to him.
He chuckles a smile as he imagines
the incongruous sight of himself,
moonlight, a few shadows and a shower of rain
ambling, sharing an easy togetherness,
a simple fellowship he could understand
while jewels of light bubble and bobble all around.
Ian Souter
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