"Hush your crashing," whispered the moon to the sea,
as the sound slowly faded from the mermaid's laughter.
Luna heard only echoes on the shore, a silent symphony
that had been ebbing across the sea, perhaps hereafter.
Often, when moonlight glimmered its soft celestial light,
she would allow me a brief glimpse of her golden hair.
It rivaled the glow of stars in the sky's ebon night,
but no longer is she here, swimming in shallows there.
Her dulcet voice was as lovely as any seraphic hymn
How I longed for the possibility of getting closer to her,
but I feared she'd be frightened if I went for a swim.
So, I gave up on that desire, thinking it best to demur.
The shoreline has become desolately quiet and bleak.
No longer does the mermaid ride upon a wave's curls.
No songs from the mermaid, whose vision I now seek.
No sighting of her tresses, nor her necklace of pearls.
Categories:
desolately, sea, silence,
Form: Rhyme
So slowly dancing
in Time's chilling solitude
bewildering the shadows
in Love's diary-
desolately She stares as
Hope's unwavering beacon
Moonlight Delight Contest
09/07/2017
Categories:
desolately, hope, love, moon,
Form: Sedoka
Time was then when life was rotund
For reinventing the wheels that turned
Journey met the familiar without fear
Life flew like a bird free far and near
Found delight to meet yesterday today
Relationships held hands all the way
Strangers mingled with smiling faces
Kept the nascent egos in their places.
Time is now when life is desolately flat
Things that matter don’t any more relate
Journey is to meet the uncertain horizon
Life is the name of living fear of unknown
Taking loneliness from today to tomorrow
Relationships unhold hands even in sorrow
On flat life the lone actors make own stage
Play the role till they reach ground’s edge.
August 26, 2017.
Categories:
desolately, life, time,
Form: Rhyme