Across the Water, Moonlight

Across the water, moonlight

seems to beckon you away.

Although I beg you to stay,

you go out into the night.

How long do you want me to wait?

I lift my face to the coming day.

Across the water, moonlight

seems to beckon you away.

Sunlight, moonlight; both are bright.

I don’t know – should I follow or stay?

You travel fast, an unknown way.

I gaze, but you are now past sight….
Across the water, moonlight.

Moonlight Reflection by Peter Kratochvil, public domain.

Another Rondel for dVerse Meeting the Bar, as I got the first attempt a bit wrong.

Cat-Lover's Turn-Around

I shall not have again, I said,

a slinky feline all my own.

It’s time for me to live alone

now that all those I loved are dead.

I need no purrs to share my bed

nor paws to wake me every morn.

I shall not have again, I said,

a slinky feline all my own.

Famous last words! There came a need.

Oh, beautiful – and lacks a home.

So much for solitude. Instead,

by grace and happenstance, I’ve won
a slinky feline all my own.

A Rondel for Meeting the Bar, at dVerse. (I see too late that I've made mistakes in the rhyme scheme, but can't find a good way to fix it now.)

Photo © Rosemary Nissen-Wade 2016. This photo is mine and should not be copied or used in any way without permission.