Moonstone Melodies

As darkness descended on our valley - deleting purple and violet from the sky - my beloved and I lay upon a blanket soon gazing at myriads of twinkling stars that pulsed their pearlescent shine as if to music. Goddess Luna showed herself full-faced - lovely, round and luminescent. Immersing us in summer’s nocturnal sounds, a chorus of katydids and crickets were singing to their mates with chirps and trills. My love declared that nature was crooning a melody just for me! Then playfully he said he wished to snatch some stars down from the sky. He’d string them together, fashioning them into a pretty necklace that would sparkle against my alabaster skin. He looked up at the moon then, teasing me again with his sweet words - that if he could, he’d capture moonbeams and press them into a stone that shone as brightly as my eyes were glowing that precious night. That gem he would set inside a silver ring. Serenading me, he’d place it on my hand. I would be the Goddess Luna, and forever we would radiate our love for each other - resplendent like the shining moonstone on my finger, and together we would reign with me beside him as his gleaming queen.