I can’t sleep tonight, but I don’t mind, at all.
I’m sitting in my terrace overlooking the beach, sipping a glass of wine, and listening to the sea swishing against the pebbled shore, while the moon playfully tickles the slippery surface with her cheeky, silvery smile.
I don’t want to sleep, because I don’t want this peaceful moonlit night to end.
I want to remember this waning summer moon, all through the cloudy winter months…
I wistfully remember Walter de la Mare’s poem, Silver, and irreverently decide to rewrite it with my sleepless inspiration…
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver jewels upon silver seas;
One by one the drops reflect
Her beams beneath their slippery waves;
Perched on a palm tree, like a date,
With claws of silver sleeps the gull;
From the shadowy sky, a bright light bleeps
Tail lights of a silent plane which sleeps.
A fishing boat floats smoothly by,
With silver lights, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver waves in a silver sea.
I may need a siesta tomorrow… but who cares about that on such a perfect night alone, with you…
Rereading Jane Eyre 
Very peaceful and serene~
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Gorgeous, Lucia! I have another blog hop for you – check out saylingaway. This one I think you’ll like because you get to create a post all your own!
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Thank you Noelle! It was a bit cheeky of me to borrow the poem layout, but I just couldn’t resist! Will check out the blog hop ASAP.
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beautiful words…
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Thank you for reading and commenting:)
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All the experiences and sensations that we miss while we are sleeping… nice!
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Yes! It’s a luxury to be enjoyed especially when on holiday!
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lovely sonnet
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Thank you:) I couldn’t get the rhyme right in the second stanza, but I just wanted to express the beauty and stillness the way in which De la Mere did. There’s something magical about the moon and the sea in summer nights.
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I love the moon photo and this post as well. I know just what you mean about the moonlit evenings by the water and enjoying solitude and nature. It’s relaxing just to read this!
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Thank you for dropping by, reading, commenting, and following 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
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