Shining moon
Green moon
Amongst the flowers I
am alone with my pot of wine
drinking by myself; then lifting
my cup I asked the shining moon
to drink with me, its reflection
and mine in the wine cup, just
the three of us; then I sigh
for the shining moon cannot drink,
and my shadow goes emptily along
with me never saying a word;
with no other friends here, I can
but use these two for company;
in the time of happiness, I
too must be happy with all
around me; I sit and sing
and it is as if the shining moon
accompanies me; then if I
dance, it is my shadow that
dances along with me; while
still not drunk, I am glad
to make the shining moon and my shadow
into friends, but then when
I have drunk too much, we
all part; yet these are
friends I can always count on
these who have no emotion
whatsoever; I hope that one day
we three will meet again,
deep in the shining Way.
About this poem
This poem is all about what a best friend to be called a shining moon
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Written on February 05, 2023
Submitted by ukpeserayeokiemuye on April 02, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 861 |
Words | 180 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
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