Moon Watching

Our connection in the sky

Moon Watching

by jack

 

 

A windmill in the distance cross a dusty windswept plain

The earth so parched and desolate without a hint of rain

The air is hot and humid as the sun begins to set

So long the day of loneliness my mind to soon forget

 

As twilight comes upon the sky in violet descent

The coolness of the nighttime sky upon me now has met

A wanderer, a journey on a path this heart does grow

The minutes fly by rapidly as life it moves so slow

 

The stubble of the empty field I walk upon on this day

What’s left of every memory the wind hath blown away

Once flourished in the brightest greens of natures bounty true

Now shadowed by the charcoal sky as night is falling through

 

I pick the spot where I last stood, a vantage point to see

Of everything the evening it unfolds in front of me

The song of nighttime creatures as their time has come to play

Awakened by the night in all the life it does display

 

Behind me is an orange glow of radiant design

The clouds ignited tangerine my searching eyes do find

Before me lies an empty slate as smooth as velveteen

For very soon the image that my heart has come to see

 

Will rise from where it once had been before the day departs

To fill my mind with wonder and to ease against my heart

A nighthawk with its wings a’ spread does fly up overhead

Searching for its evening meal, on which it’s life is fed

 

When peeking the horizon I can see the lighted arc

My pulse it beats more rapidly of this angelic spark

My eyes they come to focus on the light that’s shining there

More beautiful than anything I can find anywhere

 

As now the moon, its happy face does shine on me below

I watch it as it moves its path so perfect and so slow

Two thousand miles this night does glow, another she does see

For time has come as we both look upon its majesty

 

So far apart and yet we both can sit within the night

And share the evening’s gifted show beneath the same moonlight

To know that you are looking at the same bright moon above

Our heavenly connection that we use to send our love

 

Of all the things we share I know that this one here shall be

Forever in our waiting hearts a lasting memory

So on this night of watching in this field so worn and bare

I’ll use the moon to send my love and show you that I care

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Thank you for reading

Reviews

[shallimarRose]

So soft and beautiful in the flow much content.. I love this Jack. and the last lines sit sweetly. Thank you, Rose

[Jack...]

Thak you so very much sweet Rose for you kind words.

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

So sweet, I was move for this honest and captivating words expressed in this piece. The imagery is stunning, I always end up treasuring every writes of yours Mr. Jack, as always a brilliant piece. I believe that what your mind conceived reflects what you deliver in your poetry, that means you have a very good heart and mind in producing this piece. I love all of your works and it is a pleasure reading all the best from you.

[Jack...]

Thank you so muc Marc. Your kind words thrill me.