Featured Poem: Passages

By Jane Lies
Pensacola Branch

 

Midnight blue silk

Covered the heaven,

Small beads of

Silver

Appeared,

Sparkling brightly,

Suppressing the darkness

Of the sky,

The silent orb

Emerged,

Veiled in swirls of time,

My confidant,

My friend,

I stretched my hand

Upward

Past the haze

Of the night,

Into the heavens,

I hoped my heart

Would find

Dreams beyond

My reach,

Blue, pink, golden,

Was the moon,

Who quietly listened

To my every word.

Wishes edged with

Fantasy,

Romance,

Sorrow,

Hope,

Sacred secrets,

Sacred tears.

Cruelly,

The magic

Was erased,

As

One small step,

One giant leap,

Splashed into

The sands of Reality

 

6 comments

  1. Karen Morris says:

    Jane, you led us breathlessly to the moon! And, despite the ending … you have made a case for its continuing magic!

  2. Claire Massey says:

    Whatever romance we conducted with our private moons had to be reimagined on the day man walked on the moon. What a thoughtful and unique take on the subject!
    Claire Massey

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