Another Night’s Peace

(after Solomon ibn Gabirol) https://poets.org/poet/solomon-ibn-gabirol

A pure heart in the moon’s smile
the heavens show their peace—

another night’s rests from the mischance 
and mischievous love of moon and tide—

the storm’s mantle that  covers the moon
and presses clouds and streams to burst—

and pretenses luna’s death beyond the clouds,
the mind’s falling, the soul’s weeping in the lie
 
there is no sun, no morning equal to their grief.