I AM REMINDED OF THIS…
*Full
Moon* by Robert Hayden
No longer the throne of a goddess to whom we pray,
no longer the bubble-house of childhood's
tumbling Mother Goose man,
This soulful empathetic moon ascends--
the brilliant challenger of rocket experts,
the white hope of communications men.
Some I love who are dead
were watchers of the moon and knew its lore;
planted seeds, trimmed their hair,
Pierced their ears for gold hoop earrings
as it waxed or waned.
It shines tonight upon their graves.
no longer the bubble-house of childhood's
tumbling Mother Goose man,
This soulful empathetic moon ascends--
the brilliant challenger of rocket experts,
the white hope of communications men.
Some I love who are dead
were watchers of the moon and knew its lore;
planted seeds, trimmed their hair,
Pierced their ears for gold hoop earrings
as it waxed or waned.
It shines tonight upon their graves.
And burned in the garden of Gethsemane,
its light made holy by the dazzling tears
with which it mingled.
And spread its radiance on the exile's path
of Him who was The Glorious One,
its light made holy by His holiness.
Already a mooted goal and tomorrow (perhaps)
an arm’s base, a livid sector,
the full moon dominates the dark.
its light made holy by the dazzling tears
with which it mingled.
And spread its radiance on the exile's path
of Him who was The Glorious One,
its light made holy by His holiness.
Already a mooted goal and tomorrow (perhaps)
an arm’s base, a livid sector,
the full moon dominates the dark.
