Challenge
Poetry contest. Twenty word minimum. First place will be decided based on the poem, of course, though the number of comments posted by others will be factored in (critiques or praise, no one word or three word quickies) and those who comment should "like" it to keep the judges looking for updated reads. Write a poem about anything. Aim for the gut. Winner gets $100.
Under the Silver Moonlight
As the clock ticks faster
Under the control of time
These bitter-sweet memories
Still linger in my mind
They haunt my dreams
Slipping in my sleep
Behind closed eyes
Seducing me
With sweet melodies
Filled with fragment scenes
Of city lights and starry nights
I guess that's why I walk along
The streets among
The black nights
Looking for warmth in the cold dark
Under the silver moonlight
The ground pulses with the beats
The eighth notes hung in the air
A lullaby so serene and sweet
Reminding me of my despair
Nostalgia hits me through the bone
Faint whispers carried by the wind
Reminding me of lost scenes
Reminding me how far I've been
Long ago, I've been afraid
Of black nights from the start
Now I accept
Now I enjoy
The cold embrace of the dark