VIDEO  
The Heart Within  
by Peter Gundry 
I Followed The Moon 
I followed the moon to find you 
For the moon knew where you did abide 
In a forest of green that was hidden, unseen 
With no door to let me come inside. 
Your feet left no tracks on the soft grass 
I could not follow you on the trail 
I could not discern for I had not yet learned 
All the secrets that you kept so well. 
You came to me in shadow one bright night 
When I was there weeping alone 
Lying in a field of moon flowers 
With a young heart that felt made out of stone. 
All of my life I'd felt lonely 
And thought  that I always would be 
Except for the man in the moon, my one friend 
(For I thought that the moon followed me.) 
And you sang to me while I did sleep 
Lying on that ground 
You caressed my face with tender grace 
And then left without a sound. 
I looked for you long after that 
And called for you to hear 
But though I could not see your form 
I felt that you were near. 
Sometimes I heard you singing softly 
In the whispers of the leaves 
Sometimes I saw you clear as day 
In the branches of the trees. 
At night I dreamed of your bright eyes 
Watching in my room 
But when I opened up m y own, 
Saw nothing but the moon. 
Sometimes I felt you touching me 
Kneeling by my bed 
Raising my face for your kiss 
Your hand upon my head. 
Sometimes you did much more than touch 
Sometimes you deemed to linger 
And wrapped me in your arms so tight 
And round your little finger. 
And I began to crave that touch 
And hunger for that bliss 
And I became a woman, lost 
With each beguiling kiss. 
For many nights you did not come 
Not even in a dream 
And I went mad with wanting you 
And holding back my scream. 
And then one night with second sight 
I knew where you might be found 
I slipped out of my window 
While the moonlight lit the ground. 
And I followed the moon as it hurried ahead 
In the sky toward the forest so dark 
Ignoring the danger, the beast and the stranger 
As the hunger led me by the heart. 
I followed the moon to find you 
Not knowing if man or a ghost 
Awaited me there in the green forest lair 
Nor if you'd be a welcoming host. 
And when the moon had come to rest 
I stopped underneath it's glow 
Wondering if I'd lost my mind 
Because I didn't know. 
If you were real or phantom 
If you were myth or man 
And I cried and cried there in the dark 
Until you took my hand. 
'You came to me!"  you softly breathed
"Your love has set me free! 
The curse is reversed and broken 
Because you came to me!" 
And you covered my face in kisses 
And looked into my eyes so deep 
"Until tonight I could only touch you 
There in the world of sleep." 
"Your love has given me flesh and form!" 
You cried with human tears 
"You do not know how long I've waited 
For all these lonely years." 
"I followed the moon to find you."  I said
"With my heart full of doubt and of doom  
But is this tale of yours true, my love, who are  you?" 
And you smiled,  "I  was  the man in the moon." 
©By Voo 
October 2, 2019 
2:38 p.m.