on this first night of the harvest moon
this evening when diana’s resplendent orb
rests upon the backs of broken clouds
transfixed by the evening’s brightest star
i wish for naught but for the time
to float upon the cooling breeze
that nightly sweeps along these shores
and ruffles white the ebbing tide
full round mysterious moonlight bay
i wish for dreamless summer nights
refreshing sips from the mother’s breast
to quell within my burning heart
the many ethers that bubble there
the passion stirred by this day’s journey
perhaps the chance to catch the breath
that surely escaped my heaving chest
when first i saw this sun-drenched beach
when first i trod upon its golden sand
Dr. Charles A Stone
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-beach-at-moonlight-bay/
