La Lune
He played to the light of the moon.
No crescent or sickle moon but one
full to the brim with light, round
and seemingly permanent. So bright, sound
seems to be held there, a singing sphere,
the taut string of night pitched higher,
awaiting the right note. The open hill
is wakeful under the white moon. Small
shadows are pockets of night in a bleached world.
Even the clouds, perfectly formed, are held
unchanging as though a momentous bell
had struck, was about to strike, the pull
of a great rope this second begun. Notes
of the flute haunt silver windows; lights
in the valley, reflections from sleeping homes,
their roof ski-runs of light, shimmer
across distance, ‘Au clair de lune’
The earth bathes in a tune that calls light
into being: the full moon on a calm, clear night.
No crescent or sickle moon but one
full to the brim with light, round
and seemingly permanent. So bright, sound
seems to be held there, a singing sphere,
the taut string of night pitched higher,
awaiting the right note. The open hill
is wakeful under the white moon. Small
shadows are pockets of night in a bleached world.
Even the clouds, perfectly formed, are held
unchanging as though a momentous bell
had struck, was about to strike, the pull
of a great rope this second begun. Notes
of the flute haunt silver windows; lights
in the valley, reflections from sleeping homes,
their roof ski-runs of light, shimmer
across distance, ‘Au clair de lune’
The earth bathes in a tune that calls light
into being: the full moon on a calm, clear night.
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