A/N: Two poems in one day? WHAT?
Because I was feeling in a poem-y mood. Yeah… some uses of assonance because NOTHING rhymes with 'diamonds'. And he does say "curse-ed" rather than plain normal "cursed". Again, I locked grammar in a very small and windowless room. :D I don't think this is my best work, but it was fun.
I'm working on Ears to Hear Us, I promise… T_T
The moon, oh the moon
May it be gone soon
The whispers of wind carry my pleading croon
The stars, shining diamonds
I should be delighted
But all that I want is to see what's behind them
The night, cursed night
It knows not my plight
For all that I want is the lovely dawn's light
The cold, oh the cold
Come now, I've been told
That the sun's warming rays are a sight to behold
But what's that? It is red!
Oh I'm dead, I'm so dead
But this beautiful sight does not fill me with dread
And I scramble uphill
And I do drink my fill
Of sunrise, of dawn; the sight itself is a thrill
It's blue! The sky's blue!
(No really, it's true)
I perch on the cliff like I'm stuck there with glue
And the sun (oh, the sun)
How it glares! I should run
But I stay; the most daring thing I've ever done
The sky is alight!
Go on, begone, night!
Oh, how I'm entranced by the colours, the light
But I scream, how I scream
And it shatters the dream
For there's ash and there's flame where once there was green
I just run, how I run
Turn my back on the sun
Footsteps on stone, drum-a-drum, drum-a-drum
Back in coolness of cave
I'm not feeling so brave
You idiot, Zombie! The sun will make your grave!
I explain what I've planned
But they don't understand
"But it's the most beautiful thing in the lands!"
They can't see past the burns
And the way my skin turns
"The sun's dangerous, Zombie. It's high time you learn."
But by dawn the next day
Will I stay away?
No! I'll soak in the water and roll in the clay!
See the red in the sky
None's so eager as I
I swear, the sun will not cause me to die!
But the fire, the flame!
I scream out my new name
"I'm sunstruck! I'm Sunstruck! I'M SUNSTRUCK, I SAY!"
The water so cool
Oh Sun, you are cruel
From a sensible creature you have made a fool
But the next day I'm there
And the next, still I stare
I'm Sunstruck! About my own pain, I don't care!
It's all worth the dawn
Each and every morn
By night I am restless; by daylight I yawn
I will take the risk
Of the sun's fierce kiss
For a sight so glorious, so wondrous as this!
Surely you comprehend?
The daylight is your friend!
Though it's surely not mine, however much I pretend.
Are you sunstruck sometimes?
Or in all places and climes
Does dawn taste of beauty
And smell of sweet chimes?
But it does! How it does
Oh, the sun is my love
When it hides in the Void and soars past up above
Please, cherish the sun
For you've no need to run
But to Sunstruck, the sight of dawn's second to none…