Mona, Mona, Mona.
What perplexes you so?
Is it hail on your blue bells
trying in pebbles’ bed to grow?
Is it mud in your horse’s hoof
as he returns from the field?
Or dust on your shoe tops
from hay crops’ golden yield?
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
What do you see beyond the veil?
Is it rainbow festival in cloud shroud
with turkey feast, dance and ale?
Is it burning, torturous fire
destroying sins at sun’s white core?
Or dream land with silver lake
and sweet bird song galore?
-
Mona, Mona, Mona.
What occupies your thoughts?
Is it squirrels making winter nests
in pines’ bending emerald lofts?
Is it lack of pence in itchy pocket
and supper you must forego?
Or that man you pass on market street
who at you winks and a kiss blows?
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
What is it you want most?
Is it any gesture I can give you,
my heart’s neglectful host?
Is it his lustful, sparkling eye
that will shatter your present bleak?
Or is it worth my soul to save
all my kisses for your cheek?
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
What can man do in love,
but seek celestial guidance
from woman’s maker up above?
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
What must I do to prove
that I’d give you all my pennies,
live to wipe dust from all your shoes?
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
What silence is this!
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Mona, Mona, Mona.
Unlock your soul. That’s my wish.
About the Creator
Emma Kate Coleman
An overworked hard news journalist seeking creativity and community. Lover of dogs, antique stores and homemade bread. Thrift queen and photography peasant. Happy to be here. :)
"Write hard and clear about what hurts." - Ernest Hemingway
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Comments (4)
I loved this bc it reminded me of an Irish folklore song called “step it up Mary” 😊😊😊
I gotta agree with Gerard! It had a melodic flow to it! Brilliant job!
So musical. It sang to me.
It read as if it was the prologue to a novel. Very well done!