Tears of The Moon

Colliding in the atmosphere, like two lovers on a train
Hurling through space; predestined to meet for millions years
The encounter was brief, yet meaningful.
An eruption of passion That shattered both into pieces, and gave birth

Torn from the other, ripped away, a shard of longing, moving
At an equinoctial distance, the Moon awoke to isolation and loneliness
Unable to reach her. Pulled from their great embrace
Unable to feed from her garden any longer
Unable to Return to the rock from which it came
A splinter of its former self, and a glory
That it did not know yet

Bound to look at her
Never to touch, or hold her ever again
Spiraling further from all it had ever known, ever been, ever sought to be
The Moon awoke with a great sadness pulling at its heart

She tried to hold him
She tired to pull him to her bosom again; tried
To keep him all to herself, tried to remain whole, but he was leaving
He was gone, gone, gone, rising through the dust-filled atmosphere
So, she did the only thing that she could do
She let him go

But there in the void, growing between them, distance
Spread out as time passes, they found a way
He would take his orbit, and she would hold him there
Breath within breath, each circling the other
Holding on to the invisible strands of the universe, like a rope swing tied to a tree
Holding on to the invisible strands of love
Kismet lovers unable to touch
Unable to caress one another in the sun's naked light

And for a time, this helped, but it was never enough
Sadness drew upon their separation and clung to their ethereal heels
And the Moon wept
He cried at having lost her
Only to gaze upon her beauty from afar
It was unbearable

Tears rolled down his cheeks
Forming rivers through the tumbling slopes of her mountains
They filled her valleys with moist longing
Desperate to touch; he cried all day and all night
Nourishing her deep crevices
Until wondrous oceans lapped at the curves of her sides
Water swelled all around her
And though she felt as if she would drown by his tears
She did not

All the green places took on more life
They grew more vibrant
Lush with trees, forests swept across the landscape
Where once only barren rock had been
His tears had made her beauty more radiant, more lovely, more complete in his eyes
She took on a new shape, and he gazed at the wonder of her majestic nature

Then he noticed something
In the waves that touched her shorelines
In the rippling waters that defined the lion's share of her essence
He looked at her, and he saw himself
Cascading across her flesh in a landslide of light
His reflection was touching her
Caressing her
Holding her

They were finally together again

But it wasn't fated to last
It was only at night, and for just a brief time, when the stars kissed the sky
They could be together
Between the moments
When the bright eye of the sun erased their touch
Destroyed their union
Magnified their distance in his glorious brilliance
It was at night
Oh, blessed night
Wrapped in a velvet blanket, she found him wanting her

She laid bare her water
Those wet, undulating, diamond oceans
That he had given to her, so long ago
She found him, wanting
Gently holding her in his magnificent reflection until dawn
Bathing her in his light fingers
His radiant touch

And soon it became enough

Not to have, but to hold
To admire, and keep her steady in his orbit
As she kept him in hers
After all they had been through with one another
They had each finally found the other
They found a way to simply
And truly
Love