Ode to the Moon
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I haven’t been the type to run away, at least not lately. My dreams I keep apart, like to be a movie star, A diamond in the sky, a songstress with a sapphire eye. All lies in mind…but let the solstice rise… La Lune steals light, swipes space, swipes heart and concentration, midnight hour I close my eyes, La Lune and I are gone for all the night— Dreaming with La Lune. Though diamonds last forever, icy highlights on your wrist, How could one imagine a night just like this Without La Lune to shine upon the surface, make the diamonds glow And radiate, faerie spotlights, odes to the secrets of the sky. Heartbreak in a woman’s eye consoled by soothing lunar tide And I, confused, don’t realize, The love I seek stands not on mortal grounds, shakes no head of hair, Stands not on tall or brazen legs, my heart has said, Has spoken, whispered in my diamond-tinkling ear, And told me why the full moon strikes me dumb. La Lune is my diamond, God’s gift for the lost, Too big for my finger, a trillion millimeter, So I share it—look, don’t touch—in the sky, My sky, and my Moon, My image of a perfect prince dissolved, his mellow voice And calming touch like tainted wisps of air As the diamonds in my eyes dance in the sky, My sky, dreaming with La Lune.

Submitted on 2005-11-04 21:52:17     Terms of Service / Copyright Rules
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