Earth, Sun & Moon

it was long ago...

Earth was a virgin girl;

Sun was a youth—luminary of the heavens.

Earth came to love Sun; she flew around her beloved
and spun like a pirouetting danseuse.

She aspired to reveal all sides of herself to Sun
and seduce the great luminary with her blue-green beauty.

But Earth was not alone in loving the Sun. . .

Moon also loved him, and every night, dreaming about him, she covered everything around with her silver light, she charmed with her beauty and her ephemeral stories.

But the Sun always shone his light toward Earth; she was the object of his desire.

So, Moon stepped out of the beam of their love—

but being so devoted to Earth, her dear friend, she accompanied her always on her rounds; yet Moon decided it wasn't proper for her to gaze constantly on the lovers.

She began to conceal her sorrow with shadow.

One day, when a cloudy cover concealed the Moon's face, Sun and Earth consummated their love through conjugal mystery.

Soon, Earth was pregnant with Life.

Then, the day dawned when Earth breathed and Life was born, and seeing such Life, the Sun shed a tear of fiery light upon the Earth—a gift, a tear of joy from a beaming father.

And moon continued to shine, in a fathomless sparkling amid heaven's bright stars. . . mysterious, beautiful, and aloof.

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