Moonlight

Moonlight is a naturalistic, nocturnal poem in dactylic hexameter. It is the title track of a poetry album I released on Bandcamp called Moonlight.

https://nefermose.bandcamp.com/album/moonlight

Here is the poem.

Moonlight

Moonlight. It shines
ever brightly; It glows
on the edge of the basin.
Hauntingly gazing, the Moon,
through the dark – with
the light it does hasten.
Darkened, the depths of the
water beneath it does
shimmer with moonshine;
Mirroring all the
crepuscular features –
it sings to the skyline.

Blowing, the wind finds a
path through the thicket
of evergreen pine trees.
Greenery turning to
darkness, it swallows the
moonlight with great ease;
Swaying and rocking, the
leaves and the branches –
they dance with a measure;
Marking the coastline, the
forest – it beckons the
night beasts with pleasure.

Pulling the tide, as it
fills up the heavens
with luminous power –
Reaching the peak of
its monstrous potential
upon the twelfth hour;
Primal, encompassing
fear, trepidation
and curious urges –
This does the Moon
in the sky represent
every night it emerges.