Distance
I gaze upon a beauty
that I can never grasp.
You are forever changing
as the years drift pass.
Shrouded by night, suspended
in darkness so I appear to you.
Bathed in light, watched by another
and I hide from view.
A Mother, a lover a giver of life
if only we were one.
I'm just a barren landscape, you give
me meaning though your work is never done.
We belong together, we are
in a perfect balance.
I am forever staring;
I am in a trance.
You have been witness
to my change of face.
I have a darker side
that you can never trace.
I'm held from you by
an unforeseeable force.
I journey around your light
as I run my course.
All I have to offer you is
my unwavering attention.
Night and day I travel
without any comprehension.
Of what is on your surface,
you give life but to who?
I'm often left to wonder what
dwells within the green and blue?
I may be nothing to you but you
mean the world to me.
I am just a simple moon,
but oh, the things I see.
Copyright © Paul Russell | Year Posted 2010
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