Crescent Moon
Loretta Sunshine 1990 (North Carolina)
I'd weep a thousand tears,
stare blindly into the waning light
of a thousand fiery sunsets.
full-hand grip a million stars,
then catapult them,
eyes closed, as they'd scatter,
shrapnel-style,
piercing wispy clouds above,
freely into the night sky,
carelessly navigating the dark
wherever they'd land - I'd let them.
- just to see you smile.
let's both save our tears
for another day,
or night.
for tonight, I'll smile.
gazing up at the iridescent
moon's aura, and think of you.
grinning ear-to-ear,
knowing you're somewhere out there,
smiling stupidly back,
like a love-drunk fool,
at the same arced,
poignant,
crescent moon.
About this poem
This poem is about falling in love and staring up at the same moon, knowing you'll both always be connected, no matter where you are in the world - all you have to do is look up.
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Written on November 30, 2021
Submitted by lorettasunshineimages on November 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BX XC XD XX X C D AX BD EX XX XX BE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 648 |
Words | 141 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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