Super Moon
Late in
the afternoon
The dark sky was maroon
Upon a tree I saw
In a halo yellow
Shining before my eye
Super Moon
Like a dot on an i
Please tell me, Super Moon
Who sent you after noon?
Who wanted me to see
You floating so freely
Like a carrier of hope
A balloon
Who would have lost his rope?
Or are you the dear boon
The wise and smart baboon
The flying white monkey
Whose pocket hides a key
Who travels over Mount
Cameroon
To deliver a bount?
The eye of a raccoon
Escaped off a cartoon?
At least one of his eyes
As the other one dies
When busy he washes
A nice prune
Making winks in dashes?
The lamp of a tycoon
In front of a typhoon?
Bringing diamonds of rain
And fresh air to the brain
And make me to believe
The monsoon
Will help me to revive?
You are a question mark
Though you shine in the dark
But giving me some light
And warming on my night
I saw you with my eye
Super Moon
Like a dot on an i
Hervé Sabattier - November 2016
Inspired by Alfred de Musset - Ballade à la Lune