"terrible, yes, but great"

last night, the eclipse i wanted so badly came. with a terrible terrible storm.
what am i talking about, you ask? let me tell you a story...


once upon a time,
the sun god and the moon goddess were great friends.
they were together every day, and were the best of friends.

but as all stories continue, they fell in love.
they became lovers, and were passionate about each other.
together, they thought they were unbreakable.

as a gift, the sun god gave the moon goddess the big dipper in the starry sky.
incredulous, the moon goddess was in wonder at how this gift touched her so; she wished she could give more to the sun god, for she loved him very much.
so she gave her life into him, she made sure she was always there for him, she held him, and made him laugh, and smiled.

but as life grew on, she realized how the relationship between the two was affecting them. within the bonds of love, they had lost their friendship.
frantic, she began searching for it, but it had slipped past her fingers.

they began to argue, and forget what it was like when they were friends.
one day, after an argument that cost them days of silence, the moon goddess knew what she had to do.

the day came to where they began to talk... they talked about a many great deal of things, and together, they decided they needed to rest from love, and find the friendship they had together.

but the sun god was proud; he could be beautiful when he was proud.
while they searched separately, each found different ideas of the friendship, and began to argue again.
it was as if the friendship was a lost cause.


desperate, the moon goddess tried one more thing. she wrote the sun god a letter, telling him she always will love him, and that the big dipper was his; he had always wanted it himself, and she found that he had given her a treasure that she wanted to give to him.
they needed space; space to grow as individuals and return to their real lives.


this is why the moon goddess comes out at night, and yet the sun god comes out in the day.
each are growing within their own space.

the moon goddess sees the big dipper at night, and smiles at it, knowing it is still the sun god's, even if it is her life. she was not ready to give him up entirely, but knew he needed to live life large.
she waits, knowing some day they will see each other again.



those days are called eclipses. they are the days they return to each other, and realize that the love will never be lost, even if the friendship is.