It's a full moon
and a dark sky
and Benny stares
at the sky and moon
and stars and thinks
of Yehudit and her
being a little way off
in that cottage
with her family
and he with his
and he wonders
what she is doing
at that time
of the evening?
is she in her room
like him looking out
at the wintry sky
or is she in bed
lying there
thinking of him
as he is of her?
and he reflects
on the afternoon
when he and she
were by the pond
and it was warm
but getting chillier
and they lay
by the pond
on the grass
on her green coat
and she said
I wonder what we
will be doing
in years to come?
will we be married
and live here
or elsewhere?
he smiles to himself
taking in the shadowy trees
opposite and how
the moon shines
through them
as the moon moves
across the sky
or so seems
he had said
maybe Paris
and have late nights
drinking on the those
lit up streets
and she had laughed
and now as he watches
the moon come out
of the tree tops
he wishes she
was there beside him
holding his hand
both looking out
and his other hand
about her waist
but no it wouldn't work
his younger brother sleeps
in the bed behind him
and he just pretends
it is her there
waiting for him
and he breathes in
the night air
then closes the window
on the moon and stars
and gets ready for bed
with the image
of Yehudit
warm and cosy
inside his head.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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