An Ode to the Moon

Not the usual love poem.

An Ode to the Moon

 

By Elton Camp

 

Oh lovely moon so shiny and bright

Many lovers you will inspire tonight

 

They gaze at you, get filled with desire

When two hearts so wildly are set afire

 

Though the object that they look upon

Is lifeless, dusty and as dry as a bone

 

But thoughts of this there is no trace

As they admire your pock-marked face

 

See that crater lying right over there

It’s rugged and totally devoid of air

 

Though lovers admire what they see

A place of death the moon would be

 

Very fitting symbol of human love

Is this object that hangs far above

 

It has a dark side that they didn’t see

After marriage, the lovers will agree