I
remember a boyfriend’s parents once telling him years ago that I had bewitched him, and
it wasn’t even Halloween! They said I had been sent by the Devil to tempt him
into evil ways...! How can intelligent (?) people believe such rubbish?
We stayed
friends long after we split up, but he was never reconciled with his family.
Yet, he has lived very happily with the same partner for the best part of
twenty years now and his partner’s family has no problem with their
relationship.
Oh, but
human nature can be a monster at times! It can take a while for us
to find the strength of character and conviction to venture out and take it
on. Some of us (like me) take encouragement,
guidance and fortitude in nature where other socio-cultural-religious so-called
‘role models’ fail us.
Whatever
form love takes, any ‘temptation’ is but to share its beauty and spirituality
with another person, and no one should be penalized let alone ostracized for
giving in to that. Yet, that is exactly what (still) happens in various parts
of the world. Some people not only never learn from the harsher lessons of
history, but seem intent upon perpetuating them. We can but take them on and
hope to educate them into a more enlightened sense of humanity.
This poem
is a villanelle.
DANCING THE NIGHT AWAY
Shadows dancing
on my lawn,
(open window to see better);
a misty-eyed moon looking on
Sense change
about to happen,
(reshaping
my life forever);
shadows dancing
on my lawn
Silhouettes, men and women
(looking so right together);
a misty-eyed moon looking on
Putting aside threats unspoken
(reassured by Earth Mother);
shadows dancing
on my lawn
Witness to ties as yet unbroken
(by culture, creed or colour);
a misty-eyed moon looking on
No sign of dancers moving on,
(nor can I resist any longer);
shadows dancing
on the lawn,
a misty eyed moon looking on
Copyright
R, N. Taber 2009
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