CELESTIALS QUARREL
“I am the Moon and live way up high
In the night sky
I live among the brightest of stars
In my galaxy, also lives Mars,
Infinite is my neighborhood,
I would like to smile if I could,
But my persona is to look sad,
It makes me ever so mad.
Lovers lie on the beach sand at night,
Their love etched in the sand in sight,
But others, prefer frying,
Under your rays, blazing
Showing off their human tans,
Oh you darnn Sun, you do have fans,
But a criminal, causing chaos, so hot,
As in devil, certainly not
So much fun,
They prefer me any day,
To you red hot Sun!”
Frustrated the Sun replies,
“I come out every day,
I sustain all vegetation growth,
Warm humans from the outside in,
And the inside out,
Even visit freezing Norway.”
Patiently the Moon listens.
“Oh what do you in any case know,
I dear Sun, provide light
In the night,
And light up dark paths with a glow,”
The Moon then continued.
“And people like to wish when I’m waxing,
Men and women, girls and boys, worldwide,
All too soon
Declaring their love
Giving poets a chance to translate this
Love into words, all around planet Earth,
Across its length and girth.”
“You are such an egotist.”
The Sun sarcastically said,
“Without me, Earth would be dead,
Humans would freeze,
With a rapid ease”,
“i give you that”, replied the Moon,
“You are rather cool!”
“But you’re a romantic fool”,
Exploded the Sun,
“I’m indispensable
To humankind,”
Our romantic Moon had to have
The last word,
"I could eclipse you, but
Maybe you’re right,
I admit in a debate. You score,
You are rather bright,
But I have made history,
Man rocketed to my land,
And held a handful of sand,
Humans landed on me the Moon,
And planted the American flag,
Now I know you feel I do brag,
But I am so proud
Without any shadow of doubt.
Enough now, so let’s call a truce,
And say its deuce, your advantage,
We are both needed,
And respectfully heeded.”
Copyright ©
Jennifer Proxenos
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