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conversation with the moon

09-05-2009 at 08:29:59 AM
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conversation with the moon

conversation with the moon

the moon was staring at me all night

finally he spoke to me full and clear

" i was once a fiery blaze hurling
through space on a grand adventure.
now i am grey ash and i hang in your
sky - just watching "

i listened to the wise old moon

" one day you will be grey ash -
but not yet - all will be grey ash-
i'm waiting "


people have been confusing me lately

but i perfectly understood the moon when he spoke

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.