Who am I? Just one in a long line
Each of us has their place in line
Each of us takes our turn at life
We ride the world, round and around
Circling the sun, year after year
Each a small part of a larger whole
Days and nights pass, one by one
Each person shares their days and their nights
For we are never alone in our hemispheres
The sun that warms me
is the same sun that shone
on Copernicus, Plato, Napoleon
The moon I see in the night sky
is the moon of the Incas
and forgotten souls
Both are as long ago, and both will ever be
Our forbearers toiled under that same hot sun
Yesterday’s poets drank toasts to that very moon
And generations to come
will brown their skins and kiss one another
under these same heavenly orbs
The line stretches long
perhap not long enough for some
but a place in line is guaranteed
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I look West, he looks East, though three hours separate. I can know that the sun or moon that lights our gaze is one and the same and in that, we are brought closer...unless his sun sets, while mine still warms. Then we stand in different lines and the world in a lonelier place.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem!
the moon often makes me wander...you should link up with us today at onestop...see link at my blog.
ReplyDeletehi and thanks for sharing with One Stop..i loved the line "yesterdays poets drank toasts to that very moon" our co founder moondustwriter would love that as we raise a glass to her every night!
ReplyDeletea good poem and thank you...cheers Pete
Thank you all for the kind words; a fitting reward, for it's words that I share.
ReplyDeleteWell expressed. I have thought those thoughts while gazing at that same moon that so inspired you. Nice.
ReplyDeleteAh, the Moonlady, muse for thousands of poets. I love your poem. It's awesome. Blessings!
ReplyDeletevery well-expressed!!!
ReplyDeleteI too have often looked up at the moon and stars and wondered.. how many people before me will have looked at these, and how many more will ? I still wonder.. Yes, like you said, we have our own little place in that line..
A lovely poem!
Your lines bespeak a timeless and universal appeal through the references and imagery. Enjoyed. Thanks
ReplyDelete"The sun that warms me
ReplyDeleteis the same sun that shone
on Copernicus, Plato, Napoleon"
i love these lines. ah great men of the ancients.
exquisite poem.
I'll toast to all the life lived under that orb and all the loving too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful poem and for being part of One Shot Wednesday
Hug from the Moon
Along that line I stand
ReplyDeletemy place held
but by fine threads
tho my time
might be long or short
it is my time