The Moon is beautiful tonight

The Moon is beautiful tonight And as I bathed in china light I likened it to you and I, Far glimpsing from across the sky The firmament that can’t be breached Unmeasured heaven’s starry reach Is far off from my frosty sigh As pale and tattered clouds drift by Thus cloaked, the Moon with silver tress Will nestle in subconsciousness As old Orion stood his guard White light in bittersweetness scarred And you, the Moon, traverse my dreams And call to me with distant beams But only as the Moon I see And not the celestial body So far the Moon apart from me The silver bay of light will free Each thought of your astronomy The muse of my tumultuous sea I love you Moon, who crowns the night And shines so distantly, and bright So set your sail and plan your flight: The Moon is beautiful tonight Mark Burton Monday, October 17, 2005, 12:08 A.M.