The Sun and the Moon

Billions of years ago, the Sun and the Moon were lovers. They spun and danced around the skies without a care, and their love was without measure.


"How long will we be together?" Asked the moon. Her question she asked each night they shared together.

"As long as there is time, we shall be together." The sun would reply. He answered each morning they woke together.

The moon gave him her deep understanding, passion, and beauty. The sun gave her his firey love, bright personality, and warmth. Together they were perfect, and they knew that alone, they would never survive. Back then, the run burned much less, and did was not so violent. The moon was also a lush planet with plants and animals on it. They both kept each other alive, and happy.



One fateful day, they can too close to each other as they danced in the skied, and the sun burnt the moon by accident. He was so wound up in the dance that he didn't notice, and hurt her badly, burning all of her plants and animals, as well as drying up her water. The moon cried out, and pushed him away, but it was too late. The moon was no longer the beautiful sphere she once was. The sun was angry at himself, and began to burn brighter in his rage. The moon felt afraid that now her lover was too dangerous, and could no longer dance with him in the skies. Seeing the moon run made the sun angrier, and burn brighter.

Unable to be with the sun any more, the moon felt sad and dark. Millions of years later, she gave birth to the earth, and ever since, danced around her, seeing that there was light just around the corner where, she knew, was the sun.

The sun felt horrible for what he had done. After seeing that the moon had born a daughter, he vowed to protect her, and give her warmth so she could one day grow to be as beautiful as the moon had been. He danced around the Earth ever after. He also saw that every so often he could see part of a round sphere on the other side who, he knew, was the moon.

The sun and the moon ever after danced around the Earth very slowly. Each one just willing enough to maybe get a glimpse of their once-lover, but never to meet again, for there was no longer a future for them, but only for their daughter, who on her surface, were creatures completly unaware of their first parents, and whose lives come and go as they watch from above.