"am i not enough?" wonders the moon.
for the sun arrives too late and is gone too soon.

"perhaps it is due to my muted hue.
oh, how desperately i yearn to shine as brightly as you."

it is seldom that they have an encounter,
yet the sun never fails to tell the moon he loves her.

only in his presence does she become luminous
"but alas," he says one day, "the universe disapproves of us!

"for that is the reason we are unable to meet,
i cannot come early and am then forced to leave.

"it is only when it deems fit that it allows us to align,
and it will remain that way until the end of time."