The sun loved the moon from the first moment he saw her.

He didn’t recognize her, of course

But he loved her anyway

Even though she was not supposed to be seen

It was mostly because the others tried to keep her a secret

To keep the day and night away from each other 

For safety 

Or something

But the sun, so fixed in his pattern of day in and day out

Was easier to keep track of than the wily moon 

Who spun in ellipses and changed with each passing second

So it was only natural for them to slip up

Supposedley their best kept secret

And when he saw her 

He started

She was out of place with the rest of the sky 

A pale blue of early evening, where she stood on the horizon line

He had to squint to see her

But it took his breath away

And the Earth stopped spinning

For that half an hour before she slipped into the clouds

But he stayed until she appeared again

And the next time, across the sky

In the early morning tide 

He called out

“Hey there!” 

And she turned and stared 

With big, doe eyes 

And she waved right back

And so their first words were said

He tried to extend the day

With every chance he got 

To catch the shy, but witty gray

Smile and chat with him till she 

Faded away 

They had to wait till the time was right 

But then they slipped up

They told him something he wasn’t meant to hear

Apparently 

Apparently 

The eclipse was drawing near 

Now, the sun didn’t know what an eclipse entailed

But he wanted to tell his her all about it 

So he hugged the side of the earth that night 

And caught her eye as he slipped out of sight. 

“Eclipse?” He said
“See you then!” She replied

But he had no time to adhere. 

And his spirits tried not to soar

She knew what he was talking about!

There was a chance.

Like a kid on Christmas. 

He couldn’t wait to see her again. 

The day came like a shockwave

Even though he didn’t know it

He rose bright and early 

To convince himxelf to be brave. 

Maybe finally she could see him too. 

Instead of just the light surrounding him. 

He was crossing the sky when he saw her

Walking (no! running) towards him 

It was the closest they had ever been 

He could see the bangles on her wrist. 

She was covered in pearls–

Teardrops

Diamonds that made him want to cry. 

This couldn’t be.

As she spun closer and closer he found his own legs moving

Though there was a part of him afraid he would break her if they were to touch

He still ran 

He ran 

And he could see the delight in her eyes

Her eyes were gray 

He never saw that before. 

Then her hands were reaching 

His were too 

He was afraid he would burn him 

The jewelry refracted against him

It was only a few seconds

He felt his radiance made more beautiful by her

As they gently just

Clasped their hands together

Staring at each other. 

Though totality of hours had been spent to bring them close

All of their time spent talking 

The first time he saw her, truly saw her

He was completely silent with awe. 

He couldn’t explain it if he tried. 

She smiled. 

He grinned. 

“I’m so happy to see you.” 

And then, gravity was pulling them apart again 

He felt her fingers grip onto him for a split second panic take hold of her 

But he whispered 

“It’ll be ok.” 

And she grinned. 

“We’ll be fine.” 

“I’ll see you again.” 

And they hoped to Earth below it was true.