Blood On The Moon

September 4, 2011 at 9:20 pm · Filed under Poems ·Tagged author, Blood on the moon, Charles L. Mashburn, http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.com/, Jesus, poetry, writer

This is another of my poems written in 1998. It too has a story with the same name. The story was originally titled “Dust To Dust”, and was the first story I wrote when I began writing in 1995. I had wanted to write since high school, but felt I did not have the education to do it. Sherry told me if I would write, she would edit, and so here we are, thirteen years later. She still edits everything I write, and I couldn’t do this without her.

This poem is also being posted on Gooseberry Garden’s week #3 Poetry Picnic

Blood On The Moon

Tears are streaming down my face
I see blood on the moon
Riders race across the sky
Is Jesus coming soon

People vanish all around me
Gone in the blink of an eye
Thunder crashes, mountains crumble
Day turns dark as night

Cool wind blows across my face
Bittersweet kiss from the groom
My mind screams fear, I tremble
Run and hide in my room

Scarred hands reach to find me
In the dust beneath my bed
He says, “Come with me, child
For we’ve already been wed”

He takes me to the sky with Him
I feel weak, I begin to swoon
I awake from the dream…. Screaming
Out my window…. I see blood on the moon

Copyright © 1998 C. Mashburn

To read the story, click here —> Blood On the Moon ~ the story

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