On a Moonlit Night...

 

(Based on ‘Allegretto’ from ‘Piano Sonata No.14 “Moonlight”’ by Ludwig Van Beethoven)
 

The moon shines bright,

On a night like this…

Where the lake glistens

In the white spotlight…

 

Makes me wonder of

some past, where I have been…

Surroundings are still,

Like a blissful dream…

 

Thoughts get scattered…

Wanders off to some sky

Of some lost past,

Now shadowed…

 

The moon shines bright,

The breeze whispers

In the great oak trees…

The leaves rustle of

some long-lost romance…

 

Time flies by…

With it, the fantasies

So long ago, now

felt by me

On this moonlit night…

 

The moon shines bright

The still lake glistens…

While I lull off to sleep…

And dreaming fantasies…

 

Suddenly, the gentle tap

of someone arises me

I look up in a daze, but

find no one…

 

Then I see her…

Standing by the lake,

Looking thin and pale,

She had returned…

 

She had returned,

She – whom I had lost so many

ages ago.

She – with whom I shared

Sunny afternoons,

She – who is now lost

In my memories…

 

She now calls me

As she disappears within the trees,

But my feet – they seemed to be

tied, rendering me of my movement!

Oh, love, please don’t go away!

Thou hast been searching for you since that forgotten day!

 

And then, I jolt up with a start

Forehead covered with sweat,

And realize it was all but a dream…

 

The moon shines brightly

still, on the quiet lake,

The oak trees whisper

the words from those lost days…

 

The air feels sweet,

As it flows past by me…

Me – who got a glimpse

of that past fantasy…

 

Will she ever come back?

Will she ever meet me?

Questions haunt me still,

And so, having no answer to them,

I sigh, and look up to the moon.

 

It still shines,

Shines upon the quiet lake,

And perhaps, maybe someday,

I’ll find my lost sweetheart again,

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Again, on a night like this…

On a moonlit night…

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M.Macabre

16.12.2020

Dedicated to: Ludwig Van Beethoven (Happy Birthday!), Redi, R.Escreva