luna

Bangs of shadow

Taken from Ron Cohen (http://atmywindow.com/2013/04/21/gibbous-moon/)

Framed by bangs of shadow
pock-marked Luna eyes
the Earthrise
still shivering
from the chaos
that birthed her
billions of years past

Gaia knows she
should send more
than the occasional postcard
but the squabbling folk
who call the surface theirs
seems to be more interested
in earthly war
than cosmic peace.

the dead planet mocks;

tells lies;

with its luminous purity;

seducing mankind since;

eras in which only whispers remain;

locked eyes in a tango, crescendoing to a;

brilliant climax;

Luna full, naked and unashamed;

grown old yet a child that has;

yet to grasp polite society;

its uniformity, dull features electrified;

only through the fury of Sol, the Father;

to gaze at Luna is to see;

a canvas touched only by the;

brutal march of time;