Eternal Matrimony!

Today is a day to behold, to cherish and feel special about ourselves. Not because we’ve done something great; not something because the world which we live in has done something historic and ground-breaking; but just because WE are fortunate enough to witness the grand marriage that will happen only after another hundred years- the marriage of the celestials; the marriage truly made in HEAVEN!
Many times the Sun- the male; the yang; has cajoled, proposed and even begged to marry….. The Moon- the female; the yin; has been ever alluding him. But the promise of the sun and the beauty of the moon; his power and her intelligence; his aura and her calmness; his fiery will and her unwavering serendipity; could not keep them apart for long. It became evident to everybody that the moon couldn’t say no this time round.
But the moon had her reasons I guess. The Sun was the Emperor’s Son, ruling the vast kingdom benevolently. The moon is but a common man’s daughter. Virtuous and pure of heart she may be, but it’s only a matter of time before the fire would die and there would only be the wailing waters for the moon’s stupidity and her loss. Her mother- Earth could only stand by and watch; after all whoever had the gut’s to defy or in this case deny the king? The king is an impatient and ruthless man; though he may be the protector, the benefactor of many; he too has his limits. The gaunt face, the fiery will, the exuding power, the effortless charm- all pulled the moon into an infatuation so strong that she eventually took the bait.
In that moment of pure innocent love (or lust?) she lost herself in his embrace…. To his power and all things that made him great! He inched closer… all the way not losing sight of her, he lost himself into her and she unto him…. For what seemed like an eternity they stayed together, slowly and effortlessly and they slip into ecstasy. And at the moment of eternal happiness the Sun presents the Moon what every women desires, a magnificent ring, the light glinting feverishly and precariously in a god-like halo. They do it again and again and the whole aura of their oneness is seen, cherished ,blessed and revered by the minions, the power-less creatures who are spell bound by this super natural bliss!
But the union lasts for only so long and the Sun has to go back, to his duty, to his rule that even he himself cannot bend, to the other beneficiaries and promising the moon that he will return; but it’s the moon who understands, that sacrifice is the ultimate power which not even love can overpower; the sacrifice that will light a billion lives, provide food, happiness and all that is good that the nature can afford to give……… for she knows that one day He will return….. Even if she has to wait……….
WAIT FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS!!
And what do we, the powerless minions, who say we understand the holy matrimony, we understand the sacrifice, we understand the natural bliss, do if we were the moon or the sun………………………………..
I know what we would have done………….. We would have been selfish, we would lose unto ourselves in our hour of ecstasy but would not have lit a billion lives………………………………………………………………………….
We would have RUN!!
Even in this era of technological revolution, the era of scientific development; we are overawed, we are overpowered; we are mystified with nature’s might. We might as well remain in nature’s good books if we have to remain beneficiaries……. Of all that nature has to provide, of all that nature has to bestow…..
In the hope that ONE day….. We might look back and appreciate what a fine work the hand of GOD has done!!