Ave Luna: Ii Poem by Lee Slater

The Moon in the sky,
Glides softly in the night air,
Never to be heard.

Celestial cries of passing rain,
Like the deathly hallows of Champagne,
'Come hitherto, a man is slain',
For love of her was all in vain.

Apollo lay wounded on the cold stone floor,
To play mercy to Luna he did abhor,
So he controlled his fate for evermore,
And pulled himself from his heart-wrenched war.

A lamb in disguise,
Bearing antlers and sharp spikes,
Is just as frail.

A vibrant man removed Apollo's blade,
Prince Claudio was this figure named,
The perpetrator of this masquerade,
And long for this night had Claudio prayed.

Many strands of grass and slipstreams away,
Did Luna sit with that pompous Renee,
Giggling and drinking, their evening's decay,
As Luna calls a toast to their deceptive nights' play.

Be true to the truth,
And know it will find you,
Wherever you roam.

Claudio rode strong to the castle of Edelweiss,
Where Luna and Renee had hexed him, enticed
By the promise of love, and pleasure twice,
His unwitting fate left to their device.

Pegasus, his horse, was left by the port,
As Claudio ran towards the lofty fort,
Mounting the stairs, 'there is only a short
Distance left to his final resort.'

Lacking a strong mind,
Claudio had these women,
Plotting his Black Death.

Alone on her bed did Claudio find,
Luna sitting seducingly entwinded,
With silk-laden sheets, she played with his mind,
Claudio joined her, the nights' foreplay designed.

The fool now lay humbled in synthetic sleep,
Renee's magic poison has Claudio in a heap
Of broken hopes, but he couldn't weep,
As Renee and Luna quickly took to the street.

The Moon in the sky,
Glides softly in the night air,
Never to be heard.

Celestial cries of passing rain,
Like the deathly hallows of Champagne,
'Come hitherto, a man is slain',
For love of her was all in vain.