I stand under the silver glow of the Wesak Moon
In the cool luminosity of the soul's darkest night:
All one and alone, heart heavy yet light,
Half out of the human cocoon,
Open, beseeching.
Gnomes and goblins and pixies and nymphs,
Dragons and witches and sorcerers and saints,
Mages and sages, paradise birds in cages,
Jugglers and lyrists and fiddlers and pipers,
Drummers and bummers and hummers and humans,
Princesses and debutantes and celebrity queens,
Unicorns and tadpoles and wombats and moles,
Mushrooms and toadstools by mossy banked pools,
Ladies and gentlemen, philosophers and fools!
May the soft splendor of the Wesak Full Moon
Bless us with understanding and insight
And remembrance of this sacred night:
When butterfly and baboon,
When joy and sorrow,
When the magic and the tragic
United to birth a brand-new tomorrow.
May all those happy with the world and those hurt in love,
May those with children and those who are children themselves,
May masters and mistresses meet in the Mystery of Mysteries,
And make merry around the campfire of herstory and history.
May the music take wing and uplift our souls,
May the fountain of youth and the horn of plenty
And the grail of truth lead us home to Amenti.
Behold! The Moon's silver now turns to gold!
Welcome, all ye lunatics with biographies untold!
Come forth, shy maidens, come sing songs of old;
Let's kiss, pretty miss, oh let our passion be bold!
Give us a big hug, Pheona, Ellie, Marina and Troll!
Hey, Brian and Woy and Adi and Pati and Bets!
Have you seen Kate D and Diny and Sophie and Bernadette?
Where's Grant and Patricia and Ananda (how can we forget)?
Oh, there's Elf in the pool, no wonder she's wet!
Who's that sari-clad beauty out of a Bollywood set?
How did she get here? Hand her an epithet!
Her name is Manjula and she's a real dragon cat -
But that doesn't rhyme with the other lines, oh drat!
Hello, Dr Peebles! Nice to see you here too!
Ha! There's Terence McKenna and his magic kazoo!
Bob Wilson, Tim Leary, Lord Greystoke, and Fu Manchu,
Long time no see, Inanna and Enki, how do you do?
Enough patter already, have some of this brew...
When you feel your head spin
Let the moon madness begin:
Form a circle, feel your body sway,
Dance, beloved, as the Photon Band plays!
~The Lizard Wizard Himself~
19 May 2000
