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Red Moon In A Far Far Place

How Far Is A Distant Planet In Space

By Bryan BurdenPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

The red tinge of a moons flickering light

Giving off the feeling of an eerie, dreary night

Will the shadows bow out to the darkness glow

Or scared and afraid will I succumb to their ebb and flow

Many flee from their blackest fears

Only to find themselves in anguish and tears

Embrace the flicker of a red moon rising

It shows the distant, faint and scattered horizon

The edge of darkness, the edge of land

Nothing looks familiar, do I have my fate in my hands

Blistering heat from a sun gone down

Now turns to frozen crystals and the absence of sound

Another flicker another glimpse will there be a sign

I’m just walking into oblivion for the hundredth time

Over and over I see it again

Not of this world but another with in

My life, my god, my end seems near

Yet the quiet adds to the endless fear

Fear of not finding the hazy horizon

Wondering why I am alone again and again

Flickering shimmers of the reddish moon

Dances through the wisps of a covering bloom

Unfamiliar, not of this world maybe I’m dead

This precious moon so, so red

So frequent I dream of a glorious land

But so often Im lead by a curios hand

This is not earth but a place far away

Seventy light years by spaceship they say

I'm lost and found in a prison I made

Oh please red moon get out of my head

Torture and tear me apart

Stuck on a planet not on any chart

Life, death they have passed me by

No matter the time no matter the place

I'm stuck in the red moons abyss….

No matter the time, no matter the place

fact or fiction

About the Creator

Bryan Burden

Having fun with life in general. Whatever comes to mind at any time. Getting more active again after long layoff. Acta Non Verba I wrote in 2006. Usually ANB has a number label on them. In order

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