Moon Song



Dance like no one's watching

Love like there's no tomorrow

 

~ Moon Song ~

 

There's a secret glen
with moss covered trees

where the moon enchants

those who dream to dance

it's waiting for you

and it's waiting for me

 

a moment in time

that cannot deny

the birth of romance

upon first glance

it belongs to you

and it belongs to me

 

listen to the night

hear the moon beckon

caught in a trance

nothing left to chance

she's calling to you

and she's calling to me.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 19, 2018

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 47.10 Topic:  Dance Like Nobody's Watching

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts):  Use a Lindsey Stirling song title (Moon Trance) *

Easy (1 pt):  Name a good villain (I didn't)

 

*  I didn't use the title verbatim, but I split up the words

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Celestial Serenade

 

~ Celestial Serenade ~

 

Long ago, on a night like this

I first dreamt of you

not knowing who you were

but knowing you were true

 

a lover's arms, a safe place

a dream to hang my hat on

you came to me in slumber

and vanished with the dawn

 

I'd look for you

in the stars at night

I'd close my eyes

you aren't in sight

 

but the moon just smiled

because she knew who you were

and she had some magic to disperse

before our meeting could occur

 

she called on the elements

she called on time

she set the stage

and wrote the rhyme

 

waxing poetic

she filled our hearts

and on a night like this

our romance starts.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 7, 2018

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

 

Week 46.10 Topic:  Long Ago

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts):  Include a lyric or line from singer Jewel *

Easy (1 pt):  Mention a lamp (I did not)

 

*  "You Aren't In Sight" (from Standing Still)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walk Unafraid



Walk unafraid

let go of the past

and learn to get out of your own way

(I'm working on that one)

 

vow to explore one new place a month

be it a sleepy little community

or an exciting city

or that park across town

that you've been meaning to get to

 

don't be a brat, face your insecurities

you are stronger than they are

and they are not the boss of you

 

let your mind

your heart

your dreams

wander

 

Fear nothing.

except for spiders

there's just no getting around some shit.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  January 31, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 45.10 Topic:  "Walk Unafraid"

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts):  Mention any nickname you have been called (Bratface)

Easy (1 pt):  Include a New Year's resolution (explore / wander)

 

 

 

 

 

 



Mystic Love

~ Mystic Love ~

 

Smitten seas, lunar breeze

life becomes carefree

senses tease, lovers please
sail away with me

 

mystic ease, moments to seize

a wanderlust potpourri

private reprise, love's guarantees

never say never to me.

 

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  December 29, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 44.10 Topic: Never Say Never

 

Bonus Prompts:

 

Hard (2 pts):  Incorporate Bell's Brewery or one of their beers

(Smitten) (Neptune the Mystic - I only used the 'mystic' part)

 

Easy (1 pt):  Include a style of hat (private)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Other Side of the Moon



Windswept tears and boomerang fears

clears, but never quite disappears

seeking ways to become immune

on the other side of the moon

 

hiding here, but throwing clues there

juxtaposed desires ensnare

the heart, it retreats into a cocoon

on the other side of the moon

 

look for truth behind the danger

pay homage to love, the stranger

to hearts that land wherever strewn

on the other side of the moon

 

windswept tears and boomerang fears

on the other side of the moon.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 3, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 41.10 Topic:  Truth Behind the Danger

 

Bonus Prompts: (I did not use any)

Hard (2 pts):  Quote Carl Jung

Easy (1 pt): Use a line from "Lysistrata"

(ancient Greek play by Aristophanes)

 

 

 

 



Starlit Dreams



Once upon a time

on a starlit night

I dreamt of you

 

I didn't know you, of course

you were only a figment

of the moon and the stars

a gentle breeze that I could feel

but couldn't hold

 

I imagined

a mischievous smile in the twinkling lights

a loving heart as wide as the indigo sky

and a kind soul as soothing as the moon

 

I traced lines in the sky

drawing a path

through the universe

that might lead me to you

 

you may say I'm a dreamer

but I'm not the only one

for as long as the stars and the moon

inhabit the sky

romantics will trace their silhouettes

and try to connect the dots.

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 19, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia



Week 39.10 Topic:  Lines in the Sky

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Use a quote or lyric from John Lennon *

Easy (1 pt):  Incorporate the phrase "starlit night"

 

* You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moon to Moon

 

~ Moon to Moon ~

 

Sitting in a clearing

my heart sees the fern at the edges

intricate as lace and soft as silk

oh, my heart longs to lie in its luxury

to get lost in teal-colored dreams

and let my heart sail to a faraway land

where it is only me and him

at the beginning of our own era

 

but the dreams are a sham

and I awake in the rain

 

my brain is my prison cell

and I am lost in a maze

of my own doing

 

I react

but I do not err on the side of caution

instead, my body begins to arch

in anticipation of my impetuousness

I con myself into thinking

there is no other way

and I aim for the moon

lashing out in desperation

into the ail storm I've created

 

I intended to pit crater against crater

(the one where my heart used to reside

against the one in the sky)

 

but my battle cries ring thin

as I realize in my gut

that the moon has not forsaken me

and this was the beginning to an end

 

crater to crater

becomes moon to moon

and neither moon will die tonight

 

my pain begins to ebb

spent, I look up at the moon

and for the first time,

I listen

 

the rain turns to mist

the air turns sweet

and I see

 

I am the indigo of the night

I am the dewdrops on the fern

I am the moon in my heart

And he is now a memory

 

I apologize to the moon

said I never meant her any ill will

'keep me strong' I asked of her

as I turned to move on

 

I didn't look back

but I knew she followed me

and I heard her when she whispered

with the gentlest of breezes

"as you wish."

 

(c) Dahlia Ramone:  November 5, 2017

 

 

 

This was written for Blogophilia

Week 27.10 Topic:  Lost in a Maze

 

Bonus Prompts:

Hard (2 pts): Include a quote from your favorite 80s movie *

Easy (1 pt): Mention something you love to cook (I didn't)

 

* "As you wish" from The Princess Bride

(last line)

 

 

 

Side note:  For this poem, I used the following link to make anagrams out of some of my friends' names (this is something that I did back in 2010(ish) on MySpace).  Feel free to use the link if you'd like to try this - it's a fun challenge :)

 

http://www.wordplays.com/anagrammer

 

These are my friends' names (and their anagrams) that I used:

 

Andrea (and / era)

Brian (brain)

Carter (crater)

Charlie (arch / lie)

Christine (cries/thin)

Colleen (cell / one)

DeAnna (end / an / a)

Debbie (die / ebb)

Donna (and / on)

Fernando (fern / and / a)

Halkios (silk / oh / a)

Leslie (ill / see)

Leta (teal)

Lia (ail)

Linda (land / I)

Lisa (sail)

Maria (air / am)

Marina (rain / am)

Michael (him / lace)

Monica (con / aim)

Patti (pit / at)

Rutgers (gut / err)

Stephen (he / spent)

Thomas (sham / to)