Full moon shining on the rippling seas surface
Controlling the tides
Serving its purpose
With a force measurable by complicated equations and tactful calculations
Used to predict its every push and pull along the shores of all earth's nations
A light hanging in the atmosphere
Instilling into the minds of many throughout history hope and fear
Shining from the unseen glow of yesterday's sun
Placed so carefully distant as to linger in gravity's grip
Not too far or to close so it will never slip