Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement)

By Mark A. Murphy

 

There is a moon, that rests in the quiet corners
of a lover’s lips.
” – Sanober Khan

 

What matters most to lovers is silence,

the hungry space between

the ‘little death,’ which lasts an eternity –

 

the place where we find the fragments

we piece together

as if to restore time, the infinite

 

balance between birth, living/dying

and being reborn in the stars.

Only moonlight knows the hesitation

 

between loving and longing,

grief and our ability to give ourselves

without recourse to doubt.

 

So, moonlight on the waves moves us

like the motion of tides

rising and falling within the heart

 

as we indulge our fancies –

the act of love echoed in the adagio sostenuto,

the interval between kisses

 

delicately strung, silently

unfolding – night flowers softly embracing

(forever) between two chasms.

 

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Mark A. Murphy’s poetry publications include To Nora, A Singer of Sad Songs (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, 2019), and Night Wanderer’s Plea (2019, Waterloo Press). His next two books, Poems: Precepts and Paradoxes and Word Painting are in the pipeline from Cowboy Buddha Press, USA and Eyewear Publishing, UK respectively. His work has been published worldwide in 18 countries in over 200 print and online journals. He is the founder/creator and chief editor of online poetry journal, POETICA REViEWwww.poeticareview.com

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