Date Night

                                              

I met the moon for coffee

it was Tuesday night I think

when he watched me hardly sleeping

and invited me for drinks

we found ourselves a table

in the middle of the night

whilst the constellations twinkled

like a thousand fairy lights

he asked me how I'd been

as he poured coffee from a pot

and he said he'd watched me

waking up at midnight quit a lot

I said my head was far too full

my mind was always on

and when I woke, it felt as if

I was the only one

the only one who watched the moon

whilst sitting on my bed

with thoughts that raced at lightning speed

around my busy head

the only one who watched the clock

tick one and two and three

who lay awake and worried

whilst the world was fast asleep

my thoughts remained in orbit

and I couldn't pull them back

as they preferred to swim against

a sky so vast and black

the moon said simply nothing

but he opened up a book

and I saw it was a diary

so I took a closer look

and listed there were names

of people all around the Earth

and all the thoughts and worries

that the moon had overheard

just then, my eyes were drawn

towards the name that was my own

and that was when the moon said

"see, you shouldn't feel alone"

and then he pulled me close

using the night sky as a blanket

and said "I know you sometimes

feel so lonely on this planet

but when you cannot sleep, ger up

and watch me from your room

and you'll see so many others

having coffee with the moon