Poem of my Choice 1

Moonlight

I creep in at night

Through the fluttering curtains

Your still face scintillates

In my ambient luminescence.

I’m bigger than any star

In the night sky

Or so appears to the

Feral – yet benevolent – human eye.

Stealing my moment under the limelight

The Selfish Sun bathes the world

In a myriad of watercolour

Over valleys and meadows

Highways and skyscrapers

A rainbow in contrast

To my pallid sight.

Although a rippling reflection

In murky waters

I carry the ocean everyday

From coast to coast

Rock the Great Lakes to sleep

And like a candle flickering

In a bitter breeze

I provide hope

And light to all those willing

To see.

Katy Thompson

Block: 3

January 22, 2012