- SURFACE LIGHT -
And then
the innocent moon
stood still
over the land of midnight
And said:
“I am the best of
all possible moons
I am.”
Answering its subjects
as if the darkness was a question
and the darkness was
“I am a democratic moon
one light for all
shining on this
everlasting night.
“Acknowledge me
Give loyalty to me.
For I am the best luminary
of the night
I supply you with phases of light.
So, we’ll make a bargain:
“You shall live by my astrology
like the seas;
You shall move to the tides
of my making...
“ Plant, tend, procreate
in my pale kingdom...
For a thousand years
of peace and stasis:
In a government of moonlight.”
“We will keep this one little rule
“ Let’s not talk about
the day
or sunshine
and its anarchy of light !
And the darkness seemed to say yes.
And then
the innocent moon
stood still
over the land of midnight
And said:
“I am the best of
all possible moons
I am.”
Answering its subjects
as if the darkness was a question
and the darkness was
“I am a democratic moon
one light for all
shining on this
everlasting night.
“Acknowledge me
Give loyalty to me.
For I am the best luminary
of the night
I supply you with phases of light.
So, we’ll make a bargain:
“You shall live by my astrology
like the seas;
You shall move to the tides
of my making...
“ Plant, tend, procreate
in my pale kingdom...
For a thousand years
of peace and stasis:
In a government of moonlight.”
“We will keep this one little rule
“ Let’s not talk about
the day
or sunshine
and its anarchy of light !
And the darkness seemed to say yes.
1989 © Wayne David Knoll
Saint Augustine said: " The world is drunk with the invisible wine of its own perverted earthbound will." The spiritual supermarker wants all shelvings equal, but astro-fatalism ad little sopy idealisms leech the truth from human hearts. What about sin? This tale came to me in a rush of inspirations hours after a sentimentionable debate with a overcrowded mob of new-agers.
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