Father Sun. Mother Moon

The poetry of Heavenly Bodies—How I see the Moon as "The Blessed Mother" and the Sun as God the Father. You may not see these celestial bodies the same way again after reading this.

I used to dabble in writing poetry. The shortest “poem” I’ve ever written, and one that I still hope to build on just a little bit, went this way,

“Father Sun. Mother Moon.”

Simple, but loaded. The Sun, with its burning heat and light too strong to observe with the naked eye, reminds me of God the Father, while the Moon, for many reasons, reminds me of th…