Elusive Luna

Good evening my lovely Luna!

Pray tell me how you’re faring

Lonely? Far off in Outer Space… that’s the rumour!

Gazing down, impassively staring

Care to join me for some chit-chat?

Remember that night back in Twenty-eleven?

You were as elusive as an alley cat

With us in hot pursuit of your total eclipse, high in the heavens

Playing ‘Hide and Seek’ with your old pal the Sun.

A ‘Blood Moon’ persona you sported

Fancy Dress costume donned for fun.

We peered through window panes but were thwarted

Wintry white clouds curtained you from our sight.

Undaunted, we piled sleepy kids into the car

Determined we’d not miss out on such a rare night

Much like the Wise Men chasing the Star

Minus the camels to ride on afar

Just mechanical ‘horses’ powering our car

Hoping those pesky clouds’d leave ya.

Alas, they were in on the game

We zoomed off to dry old Mareeba

But you kept hidden all the same.

Scanning blotter blank skies, we did roam

Dejected and downcast when you refused to show

Defeated and glum, we headed for home.

Robbed of even a glimpse of your firy red glow

Wearily, we trudged up the stairs

Glanced out the gaping windows

Behold! Your vibrant face caught us unawares!

Exhausted, we collapsed in an untidy heap

Contentedly drinking in your pomegranate hue

Relaxing, unwinding until on the verge of sleep

We reluctantly bid you reluctant adieu.

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Written for the Letters to the Moon challenge.