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Moon's Lullaby
Moon’s Lullaby
By Muriel Palanca
At night, when all is quiet,
And I lie awake in bed,
The stars I wish upon
Fall through my ceiling
And pierce my heart like burning embers.
I am alone. I am alone.
I always knew that,
But I search for a different answer.
I am blind in the darkest shadow.
And you can’t see me.
Or can you?
I’m falling.
I’m falling like the raindrops.
The dreams that I once carried
That the ground beneath would lift me high.
But now it crumbles.
Its ashes stain the complexion of my tortured soul
Until I am nothing more than a faded memory.
And through my veil of midnight
You are the ephemeral piece of time
That captivates me
And brings me to ruins.
I drown in your ocean that
Pulls me under and
Saves me from salvation.
I’ll sit by my window and wait for you.
Until the moon sings its lullaby.
I’ll go to sleep
And you will haunt me for eternity.
Until I fall from the endless abyss
Which chains me to this moment
Of sanity.
