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The moon
I am just a broken moon,
Tonight I rise and no longer full
The Earth's oceans feel my gravity pull
I only shine with a poor reflection of light.
Living only in darkness in the chill of the night.
You are a damaged moth who wanted to be the butterfly,
Dancing with dusty wings silhouetted beneath a blacken sky.
I'm attracted to you, I have never seen anything more beautiful!
Slender and yet elegantly your flutters quick and ever so graceful
You are drawn to my light never seeing the brilliance of the sun!
hope that you never do and stay with me so I don't come undone
For I am only still in the sun's shadow only a pale substitute
if you ever know it's power our story would be destitute
I am blind to the beauty of your gossamer wings.
Guiding twilight away as a night chorus sings.
Together we will dance and we shall fly
imperfections across the night sky.
we create a sweet lullaby
sweet lullaby
AboveBoard
An alteration of an earlier theme - edited, and shaped - quite lovely.
Is this also your photo?
peace to you,
AB
WhiteAlice
That's beautiful, abeverage. I love how you also controlled the length of the lines to echo a full moon. Very neat.
natalia
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This poem has a lot of emotion behind it. *snapping my fingers* (pretending I'm in a beatnik poetry reading coffee bar)
natalia
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There's was a full moon last night and I howled at it as I was mowing the grass...I had to...when the moon is full, you have to let out a howl..no matter how crazy ya sound.
TrueBrit
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That is the very essence of the art abeverage . I believe the kids call that "mad skillz"
Great job!
I am Lunaticus of the Borg...
abeverage
AboveBoard
An alteration of an earlier theme - edited, and shaped - quite lovely.
Is this also your photo?
peace to you,
AB
Yes to both.
I am never content to leave things alone, therefor I am not yet an artist! LOL
There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's discipline prevailed against his imagination. ~Robert Brault,
WhiteAlice
That's beautiful, abeverage. I love how you also controlled the length of the lines to echo a full moon. Very neat.
WhiteAlice
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Mhmm. Oddly enough, White Alice has an immense significance for my family. It marked what was the beginning of the end. It works double time for me as I've always had my written communication skills be highly praised and both I and it are both projects that my grandfather worked on. It's absolutely loaded with meaning. White Alice was built in the days when the USAF had a thing for Alice in Wonderland themes. They were funny that way.
That makes the resulting shape even more awesome. Maybe you were building it that way subconsciously? I write poetry as well when the fit takes me and I swear when I do, I might as well be possessed.
TheDoctor46
Hey i like this a lot. Also the picture of the moon is superb!....You will have to excuse me, Im a bit behind in my short stories reading mode....Oh and the way you have rounded it off like the moon is refreshing!