( an alternate version under a different moon madness )

Some years have now passed
Since I first dreamt that scene:
A little maiden running fast
Clothing nowhere seen.

Running naked in the dark
Down an unknown road,
In what started as a lark
To pay dare-debts she owed.

I dreamed I boldly took that dare
To race 'neath night sky black.
I must run two miles bare,
My hands behind my back!

T’was just a silly fantasy
Held by one so young:
To naked be for all to see
To give my all for fun.

Epilogue......

Some day, perhaps, I'll do that dare

'Neath moon so full and bright.

I’ll go far away and strip bare

Then run naked through the night.