Moonbeam by Michael Keshigian

Every night a different message.

Tell me tonight

about the translucent bones

of icicles on the gutter.

Their tale is a disclosure

of your stalking.

You enter through the window 

as a burglar on the heels of darkness

and leave no fingerprints,

yet cleverly steal away secrets

between the elusive shadows

you create, some darker than others,

convoluted figures, rummaging 

in the most remote corners of the room.

The sleepless await an explanation

but your peering eyes slip away 

when the clouds make you blink.

If you do take something,

no one is the wiser.

The sand in your light

eventually blinds into submission

the most suspicious

who, in the morning, awake inspired 

yet unaware of your intrusion,

until the icicles drip

in the rising sunlight.

Michael Keshigian’s tenth poetry collection, Beyond, appeared May, 2015 in Black Poppy Review.  He has been widely published in numerous national and international journals most recently including Poesy,The Chiron Review, California Quarterly, and has appeared as feature writer in over a dozen publications with 6 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)