Moon Goddess

Soft moonlight catches the eye A luminous orb in the sky A beacon both for you and I Shadowed briefly as clouds pass by Cratered deep on polar sides Reflecting sunshine as it glides Circling nights on cosmic rides And affecting the ocean's tides Sometimes bright and sometimes dull Crescent, half, or completely full With shades of ivory and steel wool Held in check by gravity's pull This goddess born from astral fires A song erupts from Heaven's choirs Poets write of mortal desires And all the romance it inspires