MOONLIGHT

April 28, 2011. Last Holy Week, I recovered in my files an old unfinished and untitled poem which I wrote sometime in 2002. I started to write it while camping in Mt. Pangasugan, tried to finish it when I returned to the dorm and suddenly missed it somewhere. With some additions and editing, while retaining my then pen name, it’s done. And, I thought the appropriate title should be “Moonlight”.

Moonlight

by: Ethan

One summer night on a mountain peak,

While at the abyss of my bleak solitude,

My eyes on the starry dark skies I fixed,

As I lied down on the ground for a sort of interlude.

Listening to the sound of the cricket,

Watching how the fireflies fly,

Mystified was I by your beauty,

Oh Moon so full, so bright.

Filled with awe of the beautiful sight,

I closed my eyes in contemplation,

Before the goddess made I a daring thought:

I will reach you and make you my own.

As I opened my eyes I came to a realization,

The space between you and my word is beyond my comprehension.

How fleeting is the moment of beholding you, Oh full Moon!

And only in the darkness of the night is our communion.

Yes, from the sun you borrow your light,

So soft, so sweet, so lovely, so kind,

Your radiance, though faint, caused to ignite,

In the heart of a lonely soul, a blazing fire of love!

At a designated time I come with delight,

To see and be drawn to you, Oh Moonlight,

I watch you dance before me,

Your caressing radiance is my ecstasy.

We celebrate with joy each of your full revolution,

While leaves weather we keep on with stronger affection,

As you pass, the waters buoy me to higher elevation,

So we savor our closeness with great satisfaction.

After twelve moons came the thirteenth one,

You chose to hide in the shadow of my world,

I begged the earth to jump just once,

To reveal your lovely face for just a second.

My sincere plea was left unanswered,

For unknown reason you simply disappeared,

Amazing is this apparent abandonment,

‘Cos you painfully put me in torment.

Finally, another full moon has expectedly come,

With somewhat hardened heart I feel numb,

In my loneliness I wander in the night,

I now refuse to be drawn to you, Oh Moonlight.