Nighttime Ain't Just for Sleeping

The poet who walks by moonlight is conscious of a tide in his thought which is to be referred to lunar influence. - Thoreau

when day is divorced

when darkness surrounds

and the cold wraps around

when rain splashes against my window 'pain'

my ears are filled with the haunting echo of a distant, empty train

i think of the sea waving

snow covered mountains shaving

summer misbehaving

counting stars

cucarachas dancing on the road to shambala

i listen to milo gnawing on his bone

then i don't feel quite so alone

Author's Note

"I would warn my hearers that they must not try my thoughts by a daylight standard, but endeavor to realize that I speak out of the night. All depends on your point of view."

Reviews

[camac1994]

Plus, I do believe the moon controls our moods just as it does the seasons

[Pete]

yes, the moon is a force to be reckoned with and has always fascinated man.

[camac1994]

your speak is magnificent. I had no trouble at all melting myself into the background "when the day is divorced when darkness surrounds" The rhyming scheme beautifully metered.

[Pete]

sounds like you really felt it. thank you.

[camac1994]

are you divorced?

[Pete]

in a manner of speaking, yes.