The Mystic Bard

A playful bard the moon casts a winking eye To shy blinking stars playing hide and seek Miming his brilliance on high in dark skies Flirting thru sequined nights a shy mystique For lovers of the night rapt by romance Entranced by quixotic moon dreams urging Eclipsing the light in shadows to dance A hidden soiree, lovers converging Beguiled by this sweet and romantic sight Neath the lunar poet's grand illusion Captured by its rapture he rules the night a sonneteer portraying loves allusion The moon is a bard a mystic with spells For lovers who wish their stories to tell January 11, 2020 Rewrite: February 14, 2021