Pretence Loses to Passion

Written for Tovli's Ten Word Challenge: 10 word Menke Sonnet (an unrhymed poem that goes from 2-15 syllables) using: pretending, morning, sensible, walking, pretence, swallow, lost, returns, bother, bad

Pretence Lost to Passion

Pretence
finds morning's
sensible feet
walking gingerly,
pretending all is fine,
as the moon loses its grip
like numb toes in bad running shoes.
Sunshine's crowds swallow dawn's solitude
'til last night's magic is lost in chaos.
Twilight approaching once more, sun's façade fades;
moon returns barefoot to waltz under heaven's sky.
Two a.m. chimes echoing from heights of clock towers;
no one will bother to note those cast away running shoes
grinning to see true love dancing in the starry eyes of night.

By Sharon Miller Bolander

© 2008 Sharon Miller Bolander

Author's Note

Please note that "pretence" is the UK spelling of "pretense"

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Helena

"....as the moon loses its grip
like numb toes in bad running shoes...." Love that!

Utterly brilliant! What a fantastic take on the 10 Menke Sonnet.
I'm truly glad its not me judging this contest, because frankly
I could not choose between the three of you!

Awesome my friend, simply awesome! Helena :)