This Moon Is Enough
After an early supper,
There was she, hung
Bright bold and round,
The night moon;
I thought she was a supermoon,
Oh but no,
She was just the Februrary moon,
Shinning for me,
To end my birthday,
The waitress said,
There is a new ice cream shop,
On the floor below,
I said to myself,
This moon is enough.
Did he ever say it?I love you i mean,
Of course he did!
Is the sky blue?
Well not always.
So he may have loved me, somewhat
Is delrium a mystery of male makeup?
Or maybe sometime,
Or even mistakenly,
Or he might have thought he did.
Isn't the "i do" factor
A happily ever after story line?
So then why does the griot
Stumble and mumble at
Where is he?
Where is she?
Might "happily ever after stories"
Do have a time frame, or
Could it be, it contained the word
Together?
Which got lost in time.
You know,
Words and phrases
Can be quite fickle,
That way.
It was much more than sitting,
Much more than applauding,
So much more than an evening
Out to see them dancing.
So much more than bodies twisting,
More than engaging
In those fine stories unfolding,
To the attention of a spellbound audience,
Much more.
August
you came in with
wide anticipation
frenzied steelband recognization
farewell
We Went To See Them Dance
They have silenced us,
With their craft of excellence,
These dancers,
Bending, stretching, cavorting.
They have silenced us,
With the years of discipline,
They have endured,
To get to tonight.
They have silenced us,
Yes, the audience is in hush,
Not even my cough,
Dares to sound out.
They have silenced us,
And we are still stilled,
When an applause blooms,
But not from us, the audience.
Then a tiny voice ask,
"Who's clapping?"
"I dont see anyone clapping"
"Sound effects",
The other tiny voice whispers.
© gillena cox 2025
Rumpus Quadrille
What a rumpus, boys fighting on
the floor,
I looked but i'd never seen them before,
Where did they come from? two naughty boys,
Disturbing the peace, upsetting our joys;
They rolled then rumpus-thumped
Out the door,
I swear! i'd never seen them before.
© gillena cox 2025
