Don`t Go Riding

Don`t go riding in the moonlight

Its an obvious mistake
To canter near the lake

Your sallow complexion and raven hair
By day might draw the occasional stare

The ghostly effect would indeed be enhanced
As your water borne reflection danced.

Don`t go riding in the moonlight

You could catch the eye
Of a passer-by

Stumbling home
The worse for drink
God alone knows what they would think

Lay and stay till the sun`s early rise
Drives the stifling night from your eyes.





Poetry by Yanto
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Written on 2015-12-14 at 03:11

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StillHoppin The PoetBay support member heart!
much enjoyed! and i had to picture the drunken wanderer, either falling into the lake and drowning... or carrying home tales of a ghostly, haunting figure in the moonlight. i like the take on it too, that it is not concern expressed for the woman going out riding at night, but for those whose paths she might cross...
2015-12-15



Good advice for anyone out after dark.
2015-12-14



A curious read. A good poem. thanks for sharing
2015-12-14