In The Moonlight, All Alone Poem by gershon hepner

IN THE MOONLIGHT, ALL ALONE


I’ll meet you in the moonlight, all alone,
to be with only you in flesh and bone,
and if a stranger comes and tries to cast
his shadow, I will hold you very fast
to make sure that he doesn’t intervene
between the two of us when clandestine,
observed just by the moon and stars that shine
not brightly, since the moon is like a diva
like you, my love, in whom it’s a believer
that shares its presence only with one star,
as close as I to you, though shining from afar.

Inspired by a poem by Bob Dylan, MOONLIGHT

The seasons they are turnin' and my sad heart is yearnin'
To hear again the songbird's sweet melodious tone
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

The dusky light, the day is losing
Orchids, poppies, black-eyed Susan
The earth and sky that melts with flesh and bone
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

The air is thick and heavy
All along the levee
Where the geese into the countryside have flown
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

Well, I'm preachin' peace and harmony
The blessings of tranquility
Yet I know when the time is right to strike
I'll take you 'cross the river dear
You've no need to linger here
I know the kinds of things you like

The clouds are turnin' crimson
The leaves fall from the limbs an'
The branches cast their shadows over stone
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

The boulevards of cypress trees
The masquerades of birds and bees
The petals, pink and white, the wind has blown
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

The trailing moss and mystic glow
Purple blossoms soft as snow
My tears keep flowing to the sea
Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief
It takes a thief to catch a thief
For whom does the bell toll for, love? It tolls for you and me

My pulse is runnin' through my palm
The sharp hills are rising from
The yellow fields with twisted oaks that groan
Won't you meet me out in the moonlight alone?

6/27/08