Moonlight

BY ABBAS FEROZ

Tonight the moon wears a veil of clouds
to hide her heavenly beauty
I still gaze upward at soft patches of white light
and sometimes when the wind is strong
a glimpse of her face shines into the night and
into my soul I was told in the days of old
Men would climb mountains to meet you
I will make do on the ground,
relaxing and complaining
waxing and waning