Moon – Delhi Poetry Slam

Moon

By Ayushman Khan


The day passes by much sooner than before,
The night has been darker than anything I've known.
Guideless and aimless, words spoken too soon-
Evenings lit up with hope, the light from the moon.

Face of her own, enhanced by another-
Light freckles and spots, unique like no other,
Reuniting lovers- under its gentle light's shine,
A glimmering red dress, none the day without some wine.

Too hard that fiery orange glow is on the eye,
Perhaps a bit colourless, something less far-fetched I should try?
A mirrored, calming light- not much short of a boon-
Evenings lit up with hope, the light from the moon.

Yet to some unattainable heights, men love setting their gaze,
Why settle with dependence; when the sun could amaze-
Perhaps even more? Yet, to blind we are to see-
That just by staring at impossibility- badly burnt we could be.

And one would choose to understand- if the 'useless' beauty would disappear,
Words spoken not with empty love, but with some genuine fear;
With no one to be guided by- a child fed with no spoon;
Ever diminishing vision, the night with no moon.


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