Friday, November 2, 2012

Of Moons and other Wonders



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PAD Prompt: Full Moon

It does not labor from the skyline like a sluggish beast
But slips above earth’s far elusive brim
A silver circle diadem ascending from the east
To garnish midnight’s muted, maudlin scrim

Since Eden’s birth the sun ignites the lunar lamp of dusk
Beneath its plaintive gaze of centuries
We live and die; earth-creature is but gasp of dust to dust
Sun, moon and stars, celestial deities

Beneath the gleam of astral rendering we plant and plow
The sun rules day, the moon and stars the night
While we of meeker stance must wipe the sweat-drop from the brow
And ponder things like God and death and life

What gracious kindness that Creator God did not declare
The night to be as deep and dark as hell
But breathed above the drop of earth resplendent radiance where
The mouths of men cannot its mystery tell

Thus, he who holds the glorious heavenly bodies in His grip
Knows the unknowns; and He is coming soon
We are not stranded here on some forgotten, drifting ship
To stare in hopeless wonder at the moon

© Janet Martin





2 comments:

  1. Gorgeous, GORGEOUS rhyming and images here. Oh, my. You have such a knack for this lyrical beauty, Janet. Just lovely.

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