Moonwalkers

2004

1. MOON THOUGHTS
2. THE SNOWGOOSE
3. A SONG
4. SON
5. LIGHT
6. MELODIES
7. SO MERRY!
8. SIX CROWS

1. MOON THOUGHTS
   
   OLDER
   THAN THE MOON
   ARE OUR THOUGHTS
   ABOUT HER:
   
   SMILING WARMLY
   IN A COLD NIGHT
   WE THOUGHT HER UP.
   
   AND THE SUN?
   
   THE SUN NODDED
   BENEVOLENTLY
   AND STREAMED OUT
   IN THE STARS
   THAT WINK AT US
   IN A THOUGHT
   OF THE MOON
   
2. THE SNOW GOOSE
   
   DID THE MOON SHINE,
   ON ITS FEATHERS
   WHEN THE SNOW GOOSE
   GOT LOST?
   
   DID IT DIE
   ON THE DARK PATH
   AND DISSOLVE,
   OR DID IT
   SIMPLY
   STEP AWAY
   OVER THE MOON?
   
3. A SONG
   
   THE SONG WE SING
   SINGS ITSELF,
   IT SINGS ITSELF
   IN THE SOUND OF
   A SHIGH.
   
   A VIOLIN SINGS
   ATUNED TO
   ITSELF
   AS ARE WE,
   AS ARE WE
   
   IT SIGHS A SONG
   OF YOU AND I
   AND FAR AWAY
   AND LONG AGO
   AND COMING BACK,
   SINGING A SONG
   OF LONGING
   FOR A TUNE FROM
   FAR AWAY AND
   HERE
   AND
   THERE AND
   HOME
   
4. SON
   
   WITH BIG, FIRM STEPS
   HE WALKS AND KNOWS
   HIS WORLD
   
   HE OWNS IT
   
   HE IS THE OWNER
   OF THE WORLD.
   AND YOU AND I
   RENT
   A ROOM FOR ME,
   A HOUSE FOR YOU,
   A HOVEL FOR HER,
   A SHACK FOR HIM,
   AND A PALACE FOR
   A FEW OTHERS.
   
   SHOVE THE HOVEL
   IN THE SHACK
   AND THE PALACE
   IN THE MOON,
   THEN THE RAINS WILL COME
   AND THE EARTH WILL BE
   ALL NEW!
   
5. LIGHT
   
   WHEN THE DARK
   GOES MISSING,
   WHEN THE LIGHT
   IS ONLY LIGHT
   I CAN'T SEE
   TOMORROW,
   NOR
   TODAY,
   NOR
   TWO DAYS
   AGO.
   
   WHERE ARE YOU?
   
6. MELODIES
   
   MELODIES FLOW OVER THE MOON,
   AND WALK OVER MYSTERIES
   OF WORDS AND HARMONIES
   FROM LONG AGO,
   
   NEVER TO BE CAUGHT
   IN THE SOUND OF THE WIND,
   WHICH, CARESSING OUR SKIN,
   DISAPPEARS
   IN A SIGH FROM
   THE END OF THE WORLD
   
7. SO MERRY!
   
   MERRY MAKERS
   MOURN THE MOON
   AS THE MOONWALKERS
   STEP DOWN
   
   OH MY FRIEND
   LIFE IS A
   DELIGHTFUL ILLUSION
   
   LET'S GO PLAY
   AND CRY
   AND FIGHT
   AND KISS
   AND SUFFER
   IN BLISS
   
   OUR MOON IS SUCH A
   DELIGHTFUL ILLUSION!
   
8. SIX CROWS      (with a wink to the Dutch)
   
   IN A BARE FIELD
   SIX CROWS SIT
   IN TWO ROWS
   TO TALK ABOUT
   SAD THINGS.
   
   ONE CAWS HIS SORROW
   OVER THE SITUATION
   IN THE WORLD OF
   TOMORROW.
   
   THE SECOND DECLARES
   HE'D JUST AS LIEF
   HAVE ANOTHER GRIEF,
   
   WHILE, WITHOUT A WORD,
   THE THIRD
   CEASELESSLY CLAWS
   THE SOIL ASUNDER
   FOR SHE YEARNS TO BE
   SIX FEET UNDER.
   
   THE FOURTH GOES THROUGH THE MOTIONS
   OF FEIGHNING MORE CHEERFUL EMOTIONS
   
   BUT FAILS
   
   AND SO THE FIFTH
   FILLS HER EYES WITH TEARS,
   ENOUGH FOR THE TWO
   FOLLOWING YEARS,
   
   AS THE SIXTH GOES
   STARK
   HOPPING
   RAVING
   MAD.
   
   SO SAD!