MOONCLOUD
Why I spend these hours
Witnessing as moonclouds
Eat the moon
Covering.
So stars alone
Could shine for night
Though faint
Like my shadow.
Why I mistook the fireflies
foe Venus and some others
They’re dancing
Chants.
The night is still night
The mooncloud and dimness
And cool winds
Howling in sleep.
Why I forgive the moonclouds
Shielding the night light
A blazing, clear torch
A mirror.
The night becomes dawn
The moon emerges shining
While leaves cried dews
for morning.
Why I wished to be the moon
safely guarded yet free
To chase and hide behind
Moonclouds.
I am cold now and spent
Though my window carries warmth
The filth and scare again of day
in my stone-cold prison cell.
by:
Jopherlyn
