I have never quite been
Just as confused
Than on that quiet and sad afternoon
As I lay on the ground
And watched joy abound
As the sun danced around with the moon
Although it was day
It wasn't hard to say
That something was not quite right
The moon, as it twirled
Gave me a whirl
When I realized it wasn't yet night!
As I watched the blue sky
And offered to try
To relay some new information
The moon, it cried
The sun nearly died
When I asked why they'd left their station
'You see' the sun said
Bristling at me
'The space between us has some distance'
And not being able
To see my lover each day
'Is quite the dreary existence'
The moon, though embarrassed
Showed me the rarest
Small and shy little smile
'Yes,' she cried
Tears nearly dried
'It's true, it has been a while'
'Well, that's no excuse!'
I said with a start
You have jobs up there, don't you see?
I suggest you go back
To your spacesuits and pack
So you can finish your work just like me
The sun grew dimmer
The moon lost its glimmer
When they both realized I was right
The moon cried some more
As it sank through the floor
And waited for it to be night
And though I was proud
For saying aloud
The disquieting thoughts that had plagued me
I just couldn't shake
That thought in my wake
That revenge would soon come to forsake me
Sure enough, that night
It gave me a fright
When I finally laid on my back
As I saw through the curtain
Looking mad, but uncertain
And found the moon staring right back
You've ruined my day
And now you're away
Sleeping there in your cozy little bed
Well now I'm up here
Without my poor dear
And now I'd rather be dead
So now to repair
My fragile affair
I'll make sure you know how I feel
So now every love
You meet up above
Will end in a terrible ordeal
And it was quite true
At the time I knew
Nothing would be quite the same
For from then on
Every date I went on
Would end with me fleeing in shame
I bet you'd wonder
Which type of blunder
Would end with me running like so
But the girl would reel
As the night would reveal
Secrets that only the moon knows
He snores when he sleeps!
He hardly ever sweeps!
And his manners are sorely lacking
His mother is too proud
His talking is too loud
Beaten only by the noise of his snacking!
So use your brain
Prevent and refrain
And I'm sure you have more potential
To never repeat
My dangerous feat
And never dissuade the celestial!
Posted in response to the challenge Lunar.
Comments
Deeply imaginative. I could quite easily see the moon and the sun as humorously vindictive characters, the way you painted them. I wasn't expecting to laugh like that at the end! The rhyming in this piece is sensational. P.S. Coming back with an edit: There couldn't be a more perfect title!
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