Shadow Moon
The beams as cast
from her sweet face -
paint patterns on his skin.
Four billion years
to seek him out -
now quietly enter in.
And he alone
can feel the warmth -
celestial beams impart.
And now he feels
but how he hurts -
as still -
she breaks his heart.
Image; Art Johnstone;‘Shadow Moon’. Full-moon over Waikino, New Zealand.
A simple wee poem - a favourite. Written in 2019.
The poem arrived one evening, the most glorious night of a full moon - her beams came
streaming in, an urgency to their arrival. forceful.
I lay awake and watched her shadows slowly traversing every part of my body as she moved
across the sky.
softest touch - shadows of the moon - memories of the girl.
image; 'Bay of Cadiz'. Fredrick Leighton.