This weekend here in China, and other parts of Asia we are celebrating mid-autumn festival. Mid -Autumn Day is Monday September 24th. In China this is a national holiday.

Mid-Autumn Festival. … Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month according to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival in China after the Chinese New Year. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season.

The moon is a symbol of fertility, prosperity and peace, it also indicates nurturing of our dreams, and passion. The full moon symbolises family reunion and an auspicious token of abundance, harmony, and luck. The harvest festival also encompasses the fruits of labour by the farmers.

So..I wrote this poem this morning. I guess we all see the moon differently.

 

Mid-Autumn No 2.

The moon, now full grown
Cold and darker.
A statue through a
gauze-draped window.
Disappearing, as pain stains
from mountain less risings.

A crystal bottle of liqueur
by its side, so cruel and crazy.
And the blackest of Chinese ink,
draws the ink dark moon.
As the ten suns rise,
silent as the night’s rough husk.

How sad to think of the moon like this.
A pale white shadow, drifting in silver fields
above the mountains rim.
To know that once the song was sweet.