Lunar Loneliness
Don’t the Moon Look Lonesome? ~ Sonny Rollins
The moon has been too visited by rocks,
Celestial bodies and all sorts of bits
And pieces from deep space. Yet frequent shocks
Of such communication are just hits
Of loneliness, again, again, again.
Besides most visits were from long ago
And were a kamikaze kind. No pain
Resulted, but no love gave out a glow
With any of these bangs. The only things
That came from them were pocks, or pox, more like
Scars, cosmic wounds the universe sent, stings
That swelled out instantly. Each bursting strike
Was worse than pus because an instant cold
Replaced it with a crater like a scold.