I’ll write a song called Fare Thee Well
Upon it, Time shall cast her spell.
Bound by stone and blessed by sage,
The melody shall never age.
And by the Moon’s astral decree,
Our song shall haunt eternity.
The Moon
Talisman
The moon, the moon, ever my love
My talisman of truth above
Upon the sky’s holy priestess,
My devotions swell ceaseless
Wait
The moon told me I should abate
Until you’re in your fullest state
For some times we must pause for Fate,
And I heard you’re worth the wait
Covenant
The moon told me I could be kind
To my body, soul and mind
Far worse than breaking guarantees,
Was breaking covenant with me
Crystal Vision
The moon told me it’s crystal clear
The way is always love or fear
She said this doubt, indecision
Was fear clouding your love’s vision
The One Before the One (2)
The one before the one
Gave this moony girl the sun
Generously shared his fun
Guaranteed love wasn’t won
The one before the one
Was the words in her best songs
Walked beside her all along
When she was weak and she was strong
The one before the one
Listened day in and day out
Saw her within and without
Knew what she was all about
The one before the one
Told her that her heart was rare
Treated it with undue care
And so she’ll try not to compare:
The one before the one
With the one that came thereafter
With his nervous bursts of laughter
With a different ever after
The one before the one
Had a different path to take
Had held more futures at stake
And sometimes, that’s just the shake
When he was up and she was down
When he was verb and she was noun
When he had swum and she had drowned
When he was anchor and she, crown
When the moon had waxed before it waned
Something was lost, and something gained
The phase she’d never have begun
Without —
This Time
This time, someone else’s night
Won’t keep me from my moon
This time, the sun will sing me songs
Each day she’ll give me June
This time, when I’m falling
I’m only rising up
This time, when I’m pouring
I’ll drink from both our cups
This time, I won’t be paying
No matter what the cost
This time, when I find it
I’m never getting lost
This time, I’ve got a place to land
Before I take the leap
This time, when I roll the die
It’ll be for keeps
Faith
Of all the ends
And all the starts
And every in-between
I asked the moon
To give me faith
And here is what I gleaned:
She lured the waves
To sandy shores
And set the wind at ease
She asked me, she said,
‘Go to water
Wade out past your knees.’
Beyond the breaks
Close to my heart
The peaks and troughs grew wider
I balanced on my tippy toes
As though on a wire
Standing up
Against the waves
I swallowed my own wraith
Surrendering
To something else
Now that was having faith
Where They Broke
The moon told me that he and she
Were never ideal company
She said the years, they needn’t yoke
And they’d be stronger where they broke
Lar
The moon told me you’re never far
‘Tween who you’ll be, and who you are
Should you need rest, her door’s ajar
And she shall watch you, as a lar
malarky musings 