The legend of the mooncake monster

Some fables never loose its shine

The moon draws near

Her shine and luster

Beauty within that could not muster.

She tells a tale

Of olden song

As short turns long.

Fable? Maybe an antalogy

A prose, a verse of history

Hear her out: It is the tale of eastern wonder

A splendor in sight!

Jealous skies the stars do wander

A monster creeping through the night

Unleashing anger. Right, I now remember.

She said “ Blunder!”

I did not fully understand

But she did comprehend

The story of a past, a future

Withheld.

And so the creature as it was

Remained a mystical pause

And moon trapped in within

Unable fable, untold

A story never sold.

Believe me when I say

The creature remained sane

It ate, and filled immensely

What moon thought was empty

Was filled with sweet, salt.

Oh! Plenty

A caramel-colored paste

To forget it would be a waste

Woven into an intricate box of metal

Of sunk in lotus petals

Lotus root to boot.

Moon, meet eggyolk.

Swoon.

Author's Note

As the mid-autumn festival draws near, mooncakes seem a-plenty. What is a sweet pastry without celebration?

Reviews

[nothingnothingforgetfor..]

Very well penned and creative piece. Made me smile. Great work :P

[Caitlin Lea]

Another clever piece, with good use of rhyme, rythm, and content!! :-)

[M.D]

hihi, mooncake... ^^

[Macy A. Brown]

Great poem. I loved it.

[alexis]

yummy.now im in the mood for mooncakes.
oh.good poem.lol.
very good

[Black]

It really flows
its amazing ,
though the last part is weaker then the first part
its a beautifull poem
keep on writing

[w2de35657u687y4324rf]

It was a bit odd, to tell you the truth. You seemed to dump the first half of the poem for the sake of the cake. Nice imagery, though.

[Daniel88Batson]

Unable fable, untold
A story never sold.

Really enjoyed it. Love the imagery, 'what moon thought was empty'. Such a lovely write. Well done.

[An owl on the moon]

This was an exquisite delicacy of autumn-fabled goodness.. that made me very hungry... Swooning!

[Just Cat]

Hmm. An interesting write, it amused me, reminded me of a song of olde. I like the story-song-like quality to it. This is certainly a poem I won't forget, I've never read anything like it! (That's good, honestly lol)
Just out of curiousity, is Mooncake an actual cake or made up? lol.