Distraught Sister Moon,
I see you up there, pacing around,
wringing your hands,
"what to do,
what to do,
what to do?"
Down below, all hell is breaking loose:
bombings, shootings, drought,
famines, floods, melting icebergs,
forest fires,
wildlife fleeing in terror,
no where to hide,
dangerous people with bad hair
behaving badly.
I see you trying to efface your fullness
quickly, perhaps thinking
if you lessen your roundness,
the populace can return to calm
under a slice of moon.
But when were we last calm?
By your light, madmen and prophets collide.
By your light, poets seek truth and beauty.
By your light, we dream of a better world.
You have stopped pacing.
You like where this is going.
Okay, hear this:
By the Light of Your Silvery Moon,
on earth
(perhaps in vain)
we dream,
we dream,
we dream
of peace.
This is a poem from 2017 which you may have read before. My brain can't come up with anything better at the moment, it is full of porridge. The italicized line is, of course, the song title. I remember when that song was on the air waves and the world felt so much more peaceful than it does now - after the War to End All Wars - that didn't.
"By your light we dream of a better world." As I read this poem of yours from 2017, it seems we have not progressed. "All hell" is still breaking lose, sad to say! And worse.
ReplyDeleteAgain, a beauty, Sherry. yes, I agree peace resides in dream. At least as long as war mongers are thriving, peace is nowhere to be seen.
ReplyDeleteDoris Day meets Hagar the Horrible that dangerous man with bad hair ..Yes we all know who that is.
ReplyDelete". . . dangerous people with bad hair
ReplyDeletebehaving badly." Only you can make me laugh in the midst of yearning. Poor moon! Let's keep dreaming with it, let's not leave it in the past!
Just that it is from 2017 and still holds 8 years on is shattering...what to do - we who hold for peace and a better world...what should we do? Such a beautiful poem, Sherry...much needed.
ReplyDeleteWishing we can all keep the moon glowing through our words - Jae
ReplyDeleteOf course! (Of course? *does not remember such a song) I don't believe that peace is what this world is about, since there is and has always been a war going on somewhere on this poor beleaguered planet. But, one can dream.
ReplyDeleteI'm still dangerous, I hope, and today I have bad hair AND bad shoes AND a more-fashionable-than-tasteful dress. Here's to True Green triangulation forever, anyway.
ReplyDeletePK
Oh sherry it is a mad world isn’t it? If someone would have told me then, that this was in our future, I would have laughed and said no way. But here we are.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you are still with us and still writing.
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