
Ballad to the Moon
Tim Cantor, 2004
Our ribs are strained by rivals.
Revolutions; to each their farthest endÂ
And in this deathly fight, always right, is one’s friendÂ
And a foe, ever wrong, ever ill with no amendsÂ
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There finds no center ground in these swayed disputesÂ
No uniting unlike thoughts and no treaties to relentÂ
Such trends, thus taught, dictates our fate’s descentÂ
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Where lives the balanced voice between the kings and queens? Â
The one I wish to hear, less rage and warring rings?Â
That sings, that hums, that whispers all our dreams?Â
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This white deer, that lurks here, a ghost we all agreeÂ
A sense, so sought, less fear from fear we heed Â
A wish we wish to hear, of binding mortal need Â
A wish we wish to hear, through normal human creed Â
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We harbor hope for grace from a soul less prone to fleeÂ
From a voice, lost at sea, that idles our decreeÂ
A voice, lost at seaÂ
That brings us back as one, in this, our loving plea