By Rachana Murthy
Let me tell you a tale that is old as time
A love story between celestial bodies heart wrenching yet sublime
This fable knows no beginning nor end so l'm not quite sure where to start
But so it goes that the lovers happen to be planets apart
The hero is the sun and the sky his beloved lady
The sea is his mistress, dear heavens, the affair is quite shady
The sun is bright , robust, charming and bold
A great competitor to Midas for everything his rays touch glimmer like gold
The whimsical sky dressed in clouds of white and pastel shades
Serenely overlooks the dewy emerald glades
The suns golden rays touch the sky at golden hour
And so she blushes and beams like an enchanted lotus flower
And when he warms her with his embrace the bluebirds celebrate with a Merry tune
Although he is blissful in the morning he is harsh and scorching by noon
When he's away she screams in thunder and cries in rain
She howls in wind and goes quite insane
But as soon as he's back she has a rainbow smile
And so they dance away around the sun dial
They're perpetually morphing into something new
And each moment is a piece of art painted with another emotion or hue
But as the evening draws near
The sky grows cold and shivers with fear
For the day is ending and its time for the sun to bid her goodbye
Oh how she wishes, so fast time wouldn't fly by
Her cheeks flare up and burn ruby red with jealousy
When she sees the sun kissing the sparkling sapphire sea
And as the sun's rays dance on the waves to look like a raging fire
The sky is heartbroken as her lover turned out to be a cheater and a liar
Into the dark abyss she miserably flees
Wondering in dismay what the sun sees in the sea
" you deserve someone who is loyal to you like I am" says her secret admirer Sirius
But the sky won't heed to any sane advice for love has made her delirious
She cries and complains to the sun’s twin sister the moon
Artemis soothes and pacifies her saying that he'll come back soon
The sky loves the sun so madly That in hopes of his return she adorns herself with constellations gladly
And just like that, at the break of dawn
Her broken heart is healed and all her pain is gone
For sun has returned, just like how the moon had prophesied
And he has brought the sky billows of pastel clouds to compensate for his shameful deed
The scintillating sun begs for another chance
The sky eagerly accepts and hence a new day and the same romance
This cycle repeats itself till there is no sun nor a sky
And then life on Mother Earth shall too bid it's final goodbye
By Rachana Murthy