It's been so long since I've risen with the sun. <br />There had to be a reason and there was none. <br />Hopeful mornings kissed by dew's sweet gleaming <br />Ignored in the humdrum of toil and trouble streaming. <br /> <br />The sky has never been so clear and blue <br />It holds a secret to promises untrue. <br />The clouds never looked so fair and soft below <br />They carry the yoke kept deep in this heart of mine so slow. <br /> <br />The air at night is crisp and biting <br />Like the bewitching caress of first love inviting. <br />The street where I lived is undone <br />Where have all the innocents gone? <br /> <br />New faces, strange spaces <br />Litter the landscape of my doddering embraces. <br />Looks like rain will drench the spirit <br />The future have we seen it? <br /> <br />The bay is still sublimely breathtaking <br />Where I sit and watch the orange orb sinking. <br />But why have stilts taken the place of trees <br />And the river banks into concrete freeze? <br /> <br />Back in the yard kaimitos fall unripe <br />The mango tree waits for summer to arrive. <br />What is it about children's laughter? <br />They sizzle and crackle in everlasting banter. <br /> <br />There is a melody in my head <br />Haunting me with relentless stead. <br />Ah, but the song remains the same <br />And what is love but a bloody little game. <br /> <br />Once upon a blue moon up on a hill <br />Fireflies fell like teardrops and life stood still. <br />When you wish upon a blue moon up in the clouds <br />Moonbeams gather splendor in the afterglow of doubt. <br /> <br />Blue moon, blue moon <br />Now I'm no longer alone. <br />Without a dream in my heart <br />Without a love of my own.<br /><br />Denn Meneses<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blue-moon-over-catbalogan/
