by Cerridwen Lee
Sylvia Plath once said, “This is the light of
the mind, cold and planetary.” She was
describing the night’s lantern; the mysterious force that has created myths and
legends, many a pagan deity, curiosity, worship and fear spanning… well… since
mankind first set foot on this peculiar little world.
The moon has caused delight and fright in the scientists and
the romantics of the world for as long as it has glimmered up there in the
night’s starry sky. It had been said to govern the creatures that slink in the
shadows it casts. I am sure everyone is familiar with vampirism and
lycanthropy. Those myths still haunt the pages of modern books and minds. The
moon, when full, is said to cause strange moods in people who otherwise are
entirely normal, hence the term lunacy.
In Blackpool where
the street lamps, fireworks and the bellowing garbled cries of drunkards fill
the air the moon may be all but forgotten. However, I heed a fair warning. With
Halloween approaching, and a full moon hovering above you on the 29th,
even Blackpool may not be immune to the powerful beams of the night’s ruler and
the goings on that it watches. Ponder with me on what cannot be explained. What
does happen within the shade of night?
Lunacy
Governed by the full veracious moon’s light,
What does happen within the shade of night?
What power can it have in its beautiful silver gleam?
When it turns full, what chaos does it invite?
Ponder with me on what cannot be explained.
Mystery rises from its ghostly round dream,
Reflected upon the trickling stream, glittering white,
What does happen within the shade of night?
The sun hands its power to a ghostly ash grey beam,
Giving merriment to the dancing woodland sprite,
Ponder with me on what cannot be explained.
Lunacy they call it when sanity loses its scheme,
Now what is it with the moon’s fullness that makes us want
to bite?
What does happen within the shade of night?
What with all the myths and legends that have been?
That after all these years gives us a tingling fright.
Ponder with me on what cannot be explained
What does happen within the shade of night?
1 comments:
Exquisite Villanelle Ceri. I Love the darkness in your poem - Your language style is other-worldly and atmospheric.
Post a Comment