The Story Of The Moon Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

In not so distant past
The Moon was a young girl
Blessed with beauty and exuberance
She was the talk of town
And all suitors were too shy to approach her
The Moon was looking forward to meeting Earth
But Earth was consumed by selfishness
He did not want to share his water and beautiful sky
He only wanted the Moon to be his lover
He was not prepared to settle down
Marriage was not his kind of thing
He was full of pride, handsome and wealthy
The Moon was hurt and lonely
She started a conversation with the Sun
She just wanted to borrow some sunlight
Thinking that she will impress Earth
But the Sun wanted more
The Sun was hot tempered and short-tempered
He was not prepared for a long distance relationship
And he only wanted a no strings attached relationship
The Moon was kind of lost
She really needed the sunlight
And she relented to the Sun's hot pursuit
She was kind of thrilled by this mysterious wild Man
But deep down, she felt sad
She really wanted Earth to know how much she felt about him
She was adamant that Earth was her soulmate
Meanwhile her relationship with Sun blossomed
And soon the Moon was pregnant with Light
The Moon gave birth to a healthy bouncing baby
They called her Moonlight
In the wee hours of the night
Baby Moonlight went to sleep
It was a beautiful and exciting day
But there was a condition
The Sun did not want competition
He banished baby Moonlight to the night
From then onwards, baby Moonlight will only be seen at certain times of the night
Sometimes in the darkest hours of the night
The Moon was not impressed
That she asked Moonlight to pour her light on Earth
So that she can see him sleeping through the window of his beautiful sky
This is the story of the Moon and the two gentlemen who broke her heart

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