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 Language of Moon 

 There exist pieces of
remnant, lost twilight
forgettable echelons
of ancient stars
where voices unfurled
inside silvery wolves
mysteries left hidden
never ours to find.

We reached out, not
out of basic need,
but more from wanton greed;
dreamt what we knew
we could never hold onto;
still never to grasp 
the language of moon.

How can you pride
on this dance living forever
flowers suspended in
uninterrupted bloom
poems written by themselves
across parchments of heart;
songs sung without passion's lips,
or chords bleeding without
Violins casting tenor croon
still never to hear
the language of moon.

Do you crash yourself
against a garden of stones
spill sedimentary sadness
silt-deep with granular tones
listen to erosion turning
beyond mortal bones
return to dust at death's marble door
still never breaking through
	the language of moon.

Man is jealous of this world
how it evolved long before us
and shall go on, long after we're gone
even for one moment in utter stillness
it just is; and doesn't need us,
what our dreams can't forget
is what it chose not to remember.

Never were we the aching flow
of a river's wounded current,
nor could we predict the storm
in a prairie wind's restless eye.

All we ever were was tiny seedlings
caught in throats of ivory seagulls
warped cries fading on salty gulf breezes
seeking distances never meant to reach;

vines growing wild, out of control
from motherless roots;
shells shimmering like pearled-jewels
the ocean gave up and spit back upon
an orphaned beach~

A silent cloud passed by once,
long ago, in a sonnet rain,
in the cry of a loon,
inside buffalo echoes,
tried to explain
to passing deaf shadows
to blind eyes of hearts 
that closed all too soon~
and no one, nothing, heard
	the language of moon.
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Author's Note:

Still in draft stages, my 7th book,
 "Language of Moon."
Will let you know when the book is near
 completion
and ready for
 market.

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Title Poem from "Language of Moon"
by Susan Joyner-Stumpf 2009©