Never Seen
From “Old and New Astronomy” by Richard Anthony Proctor and Arthur Cowper Ranyard (1892).
What was your role
on that summer night
when the blanket
on the lawn
was drenched
to the last thread
in honeysuckle
and we looked up
at a full moon
and didn’t see you
so locked
in the moment
and staring away
from Earth
turning a blind eye
on a stolen kiss
the hidden chaperone
looking away
for us.
