Marc Chagall,Le somnambule, [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
I.
Moonlight
bathes the figures
balancing and shaking
unsure, spirits of the night world
dreamscape
This is in response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry Challenge. This week’s challenge was a cinquain based on the painting above.
I felt like I wanted to say more though based on this painting and Chagall’s other works.
II.
Perilous times.
The moon hums a warning
watching over night-dreamers
and silent screamers
paralyzed with fear.
Uncertainty reigns
at the precipice
the fiddler keeps his balance–
barely.
The roof is steep,
His bows slides, the tune changes
shifts to minor,
a dirge punctuated by the drumbeat of fear
and hate
in the distance,
coming closer.
