When she said yes, he was "over the moon"
Though the orb was oddly missing that night
The couple should have seen this as a sign
That their marriage might not bring delight
At times, the man in the moon needs relief
He’s seen couples pledge ardor that’s sure to fade
But warnings the man is not free to give
So he takes vacations when he's dismayed
Once a month Earth’s moon takes another gig
Moonlighting in a far-off galaxy
The lunar eclipse only veils the truth
The man in the moon is an absentee
*For Kevin's Moon Contest
Categories:
moonlighter, humor, moon,
Form: Rhyme
between the hours of
whenever & whenever,
the creative moonlighter focuses on
what really matters,
for to them the rest is just
wasted time,
wasted on the world that had already been
set in motion
long before they ever had a say to begin
with &
with the time designated
to work on their craft,
each minute spent in the doing
is one spent
living &
with each minute spent in the doing,
a pleasure washes over that
cannot be compared to anything else,
because it is the
moonlighter’s &
the moonlighter’s
alone---
if the moonlighter didn’t have the stage---
to sing, to play their instrument, to
scream their rage, the PC to write on,
the canvas to paint, the camera to take
photos with, the characters to create &
act in whatever facility they could find,
then perhaps the geyser would gush,
perhaps the mind would explode,
perhaps the world would get a taste
of what it earns everyday
by stuffing everyone into its little
cookie-cut squares &
making us all do our best to
look the same,
sound the same,
act the same &
die the same---
at least for a time each night,
the creative moonlighter gets their
way.
Categories:
moonlighter, life, world, time,
Form: Free verse