thinking of things...


musings...

the moon is very bright tonight and is shining in my window. i am very glad about this, because i have missed it... so i sung the song, the nursery song everyone sings "i see the moon, the moon sees me, the moon sees somebody i want to see"... you know.

i wasn't able to see the man in the moon, until i spoke to someone, it wasn't even about the moon, it's just that after singing that song, i hope that they are singing it too... and then i actually saw him, the man in the moon. the face and everything... so real, dreamlike though, and i wonder... am i exactly like you? to end alone up in the sky with my head in the clouds? am i a poet destined for bohemian tragedy up in the heavens? do i serve a purpose at all? and then i realized, as alone as the man in the moon must be, people sing to him every night, looking for reassurance. he is there, so few people notice him or bother looking. i mean especially in modern society it's all about individualism, but look around you, look, just LOOK! okay? look... there are people dying, lovers separating, children crying, and people at war, and we are trying to understand it all... or none of it because we are so selfish. and when i say we i mean we, us... everyone. you too, me too. we've all forgotten those times of kindergarten where the moon wasn't so mysterious, but comforting, we've forgotten times when a mom or dad was the best thing in the world to have near... and love, love... well we actually knew what it mean then, but now it's just another mystery to never understand forevermore. we've lost our hearts to science, the moon is just orbiting earth, not watching us like a guardian angel. the man in the moon is dead. just craters...

it's kind of late, but i just want to watch the moon... it is very bright tonight after all.

zachary p. borst



Words by Zachary P. B.
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Written on 2006-08-09 at 09:32

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kladdpapper
I love this poem . because it's so pure and true.
we forget a lot of things when we grow up, especially to facinate over all the incredability and magic that life, the earth, the universe shows us everyday. Instead, we worry about traffic jams and deadlines..
and everything is just physics,facts - no philosophy and believing left.
2006-08-26


F.i.in.e Moods The PoetBay support member heart!
stop and take a look around, remember the simplicity of childhood joys, the beauty of nature and how it soothes to take it all in... this is what comes to mind after reading your text... i love watching the moon, looking at the night sky... just a feeling of serenity it gives me, and i find your text reproduces that feeling i get every time i take the moments to look at it and be one with its effect on me... very beautiful and peaceful thoughts... thanks for sharing :f xx
2006-08-15


Evelyn
What a beautiful poem you written:) So many thoughts.....It made me kind of sad to, because you are so right you know! About everything....Man in the moon..I just love it:) Thank you for sharing your thoughts with both me and others:) I like the whole idea of a man in the moon...*You my friend are an excellent poet..
2006-08-09


Arti
hmmm man in the moon. A good reminder to grow down instead of growing up... "we've all forgotten those times of kindergarten where the moon wasn't so mysterious, but comforting, we've forgotten times when a mom or dad was the best thing in the world to have near... and love, love... well we actually knew what it mean then, but now it's just another mystery to never understand forevermore. we've lost our hearts to science, the moon is just orbiting earth, not watching us like a guardian angel. the man in the moon is dead. just craters..."
Love these lines.
Good job!!!
2006-08-09


Kathy Lockhart
You dear one will always see the man in the moon and he will always see you! I see him too! Your wonderful writing here is good reading for all of us. Thank you so much for the reminders about the wonderful man in the moon! xx kathy
2006-08-09



"look... there are people dying, lovers separating, children crying, and people at war, and we are trying to understand it all... or none of it because we are so selfish"

We are under the same moon,.to understand the situation of earth and thinking what happened next,..a very nice poem!!!!kissess
2006-08-09