Sunday, December 31, 2006
Pale Moon Street Light (from "The Journey Of The Spirit")
tonight the moon is pale,
and you, street light,
I am staring at you through this dirty window.
you have seen good times
and bad times,
accidents
and arguments,
stray cats
and new moons.
but tonight you are the moon,
pale, drowning me, penetrating my window
and destroying any rest I could of had
with this first night of moving in.
but perhaps I am just elaborating when I should be sleeping,
as it is hard to sleep so far away from home.
tonight what I see out there is a poor substitution
for everything:
no quiet
or sleep:
only a street light that is loud like an angry woman,
shining on what I will call home from now on.
and you, street light,
I am staring at you through this dirty window.
you have seen good times
and bad times,
accidents
and arguments,
stray cats
and new moons.
but tonight you are the moon,
pale, drowning me, penetrating my window
and destroying any rest I could of had
with this first night of moving in.
but perhaps I am just elaborating when I should be sleeping,
as it is hard to sleep so far away from home.
tonight what I see out there is a poor substitution
for everything:
no quiet
or sleep:
only a street light that is loud like an angry woman,
shining on what I will call home from now on.
0 Comments:
Selected Poetry
Just Living (from "Disarming The Atom Bomb")
I have been swallowing vodka like a fish
and sitting here at 4am
staring at the TV ... (more)
Blank Page (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
I used to sit under a willow tree
at the foot of a lake
on soft green grass ... (more)
This Place (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
this place
it never changes.
the spiders still hang from the corners of the walls. ... (more)
Syndicate rss atom
Copyright © 2006 - 2009 by AJ Lewis
Previous Posts
- Finding The Guru (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- As Rome Sleeps (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- The Value Of A Minute (from "A Slip Of The Tongue"...
- Why I Shit So Much (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- It Comes In Waves (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- The Changing Voice (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- A Better Night (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- Mail (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
- As Grand As The Sun (from "A Slip Of The Tongue")
