Waiting for 2008

ebullient master
shall we drink of the divine
and take in the moon?

this eternity
that passes as our small lives
but beams of your light

measured in days
years mounting the mounting years
the same old moon there

some clear brilliant light
shadowed by our own dreams
problems and pleasures

come take the moon back
let it play in your pocket
hiding its full force

so we can stumble
along in the blackest night
of our timely greed

no beckoning gods
myths or new superstitions
invading our souls

I have travelled far
in the halo of your heart
and I am wanting

so let me sit here
and wait for this long moment
to become a year