Glopowrimo 25. Moon

Glopowrimo 25 Moon

Walking in the park with my boys
'Mamma Moon', one cooed and cried
I sighed, and obliged, by looking up
Silvery Selena, at me then laughed
And coyly hid behind a damask cloud
Evanescent maiden, demure and proud.
A hint of light left in crescent shape
Siilver collar on pitch black crepe
Night sky a negative of her radiance
Veiled visage by silvery eyebrow laced.

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One evening
On a road trip to Chennai
The golden sphere
Large as a vesper sun
To our west appeared
Dipping and curtseying
Bobbing up and down
As our long roads snaked
Us out of Bean town
Alien vista from another world
Surreal moonlit landscapes unfurled.

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But the moon of my dream
The moon of my heart
From my bedroom window
Its dizzy journey starts
Playing peekaboo behind
The lacy fronds
Of coconut tree
The moon shines
On far off beloveds
And it does shine on me.

Silver vaporous beams insane
I draw my curtains
Against my pane.
Chiaroscuro nights
Daguerreotype dreams
Too long have I gazed
On her face it seems.

For much longer I simply
dare not gaze
Your majestic mystery
captures my soul
I am forever lost
In your luminous maze.

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A snow owl wings by
The darkened skies
Silver silhouette
Rimmed by
Charcoal light.

Twoo whit twoo
Don't look up too long
Mortality's peril
Portal to madness
Death by moon song.

(c) Amrita Valan 2018