[P/PR] Valens Poetry Thread (#5: "Luna's Lullaby")

[Leavaros]

#3: What Matters Now Original Date of Posting: December 15th, 2006

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New Note
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Wrote this in Latin class next to a bunch of girls talking about nothing. And not even the nothing that is interesting to talk about--the absence of all things, a black hole, the lack of an afterlife--but rather, the kind of nothing that can only be described as gonk .

Hope you like it.

***NO ORIGINAL NOTE***

"What Matters Now"
Everything is different now.
If I try--really try--
I can feel the wind pulse,
And the sap flow in a tree,
And the rhythmic breath of someone near.

But they think everything is the same.
They must--because still they chatter,
Squabbling over the little things,
As life's majesty passes them by.

But not me. Never me.
I embrace the steady beat of Gaea's heart,
And Celestia's steady breath,
And the orchestra of a thousand souls,

Human and Beast and Wood,
And Stone and River and Mountain,
And Cloud and Sun and Moon and Stars,
And all that is.

Everything else,
All the little trivial matters
Matter not.

Not anymore.
Never again.
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Love and Vale,
~Valens  

[Leavaros]

#4: Celestia Original date of posting: December 19th

It's been a long day, guys, so no intro. It was my birthday. There was a party. It was fun. Now. I'm going to sleep.

"Celestia"
Indigo-tipped Clouds
Sleepwalk on a cobalt background,
Yawning with the pale pink dawn,
Awaiting the orange burst,
That accompanies Sun
To his zenith.

As they age,
Clouds grow long white beards from navy beginnings.
As time passes,
The setting turns azure.
Sun moves across his domain,
Leaving nothing untouched,
As his reign expands.

From sapphire comes ruby,
And once more, the ginger streak comes,
Now auburn with time's passage,
Escorting Sun out of his palace,
Just as it ushered him in,
And the sun departs, gold tinted rose by exhaustion.

Ruby becomes burgandy;
Burgandy, plum;
Plum, wine;
And finally inky cobalt once more,
As Moon,
Attended by a legion of twinkling wisps and silver-touched fluff,
Steals the stage,
Glowing with ethereal luminance.

And she retires also,
Drifting on a fading lapis dream,
As dawn returns.
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Love and Vale,
-LD  

[Leavaros]

#5: Luna's Lullaby Original date of posting: December

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Sorry I missed yesterday! I had a friend to entertain, and things got a bit out of hand....

Umm..... This is actually one of the only poems I've written that I can honestly say I don't really like....

So without further ado, here's this week's poetry!

*Original Note*
I'm having trouble sleeping with my fever. I often wake up coughing up phlegm or sweating my brains out. I remember though, one night when I was very young, and I was having trouble falling asleep.

Nothing could help me. I looked outside my window at the great white orb, and suddenly, I knew exactly why the ancient Greeks worshipped her. I fell asleep with her over me, and awoke in the morning rested.

She has inspired this poem, and I pray that this gives others that peace.


"Luna's Lullaby"
The moon,
Dressed in luminance,
Attended by a thousand twinkling angels,
Shines her silver light into my window,
Gently penetrating the sheer curtains,
Cutting to my soul,
My heart of hearts,
Where the whitish glow,
Sings the sweetest lullaby,
Lifting me to the midnight heavens,
Where softest silver-kissed clouds
Drift peacefully on quiet winds.
And where the sun dreams,
So do I.
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Love and Vale,
-Valens

P.S. Somehow I missed this one...? *sigh* Sorry guys, I'm a mess these days....