Man in the Moon Meanderings
Dedicated to Michael Chauvin, PhD, Astronomer Extraordinaire
Old man in the moon I gaze up to see you looking down at me
Is it loneliness hiding behind your misty, masked-man mystery
Lightness of being belies the anchor of an atmospheric absentee
Ghost guardian of every secret, who would you rather be
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Timekeeper tick-tocks to tame the turmoil in the trysts of the sea
Ancient one glows innocent oblivous to another madman's spree
No wind nor storms to mar the face of heaven's purest detainee
Ghost guardian of every secret, who would you rather be
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Face to face the earth basks starstruck in your brilliant repartee
Where scholars, poets and diplomats look to find the magic key
Languid in your light, lover's lies lay lace-locked upon bended knee
Ghost guardian of every secret, who would you rather be
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Shy voyeur safe at 239,000 miles outside my minds debris
Lapping at the louvers, lending linear light that lifts love free
Dark ink-spot in my brain flies as an eclipse edges shame's flee
Ghost guardian of every secret, who would you rather be
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Old man in the moon I gaze up to see you looking down at me
Sky-bound sentry, sacred seer, stands silent to our sad soliloquy
Without judgment your soul lights the darkness equal in degree
Ghost guardian of every secret, who would you rather be
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