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A bondforeveran allegory about the moon and the sun, which

reflects our own relationship with the source

by Megha Bajaj

Clouds were her best friends.She spent much of her timeplaying hide and seek with them.

But the naughty ones would often

run ahead and challenge her to

race them, and she did try, but

alas, she could not leave her fencedpalace. They could run around

freely, but she had to wait, stand

still, and light up the dark, dark,

world beneath her. The highlights

of her life, however, were the little

children so much like her, who

looked up from their windows

sleepily and smiled at her. Or a

poet admiring her beauty and

writing about her. She enjoyed

all the attention, as any little girl

would sometimes she blushed

with happiness and had to ask acloud to cover the pinkness from

her fair cheeks. She liked to call

herself Evangelina, because it

was just such an exotic name.

Everyone else, however, called

her Ms. Moon, plain old boring

Moon. Luckily, she could call her-

self whatever she wanted.

She often wondered who her

parents were. As she lit the way

for a mother walking her son back

from the garden, holding onto his

tiny hand protectively, she wouldbe filled with a sense of longing.

One fine day, as she sat on a

little black cloud and brushed her

silver tresses, she felt a sudden

rush of warmth. A man, much

older than she was, with a radiant

Illustration:Starlyn

D'Souza

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face, was sitting calmly between

the mountains. He was so beau-

tiful and bright that she almost

had to cover her eyes to see him.

As she observed him, her entire

being underwent a transforma-

tion. She felt like she was glow-

ing from within. She asked him,

hesitantly, Do I know you?

He smiled, and replied, Yes,

you know me. I have been around

since the beginning of time. I will

be around until the end of time.

And you are, because I am.

Missing a heartbeat, Moon

asked the splendid creature

before her, shyly, Are you my

daddy? Are you my Creator?

What is your name?

The man smiled gently, and

slowly, began to disappear beneath

the mountains. Moon held out

her arms in desperation she

didnt want him to leave. Before

she could protest, he whispered,

So many questions my dear

one. Yes, I am your Creator. You

are, in fact, a reflection of me. It

is my light that shines through

you and illuminates the world. I

am called the Sun. I must leave

now hold the questions in your

heart, little girl. Soon, they shall all

be answered. We shall meet again.

Thats a promise.

The Moon could not sit still.

She wanted to leave the glamor-

ous palace, her wonderful job of

lighting up the world and find the

Sun. For so long she had yearned

to find her Creator, her daddy,

and now that she had, should she

just be made to wait? She cried as

she had never cried before and

made the clouds cover up for her

so that the world would think it

was raining, and not know that

her heart was being broken into

a million pieces.

She lay listlessly in the sky that

evening. She covered herself com-

pletely, allowing only a crescent of

her being to brighten the world.

From the corner of her eye, she

watched and wondered if her

daddy would turn up again? Just

when she had given up hope, the

familiar rush of warmth filled her.

Turning around, she saw daddy

on the other side, laughing at her

confused expression. Daddy,

Daddy, she wailed, please dont

do this again. Do not leave me.

Please help me leave this palace;

let me come to you. Do hug me.

Do let me feel complete.

The Sun smiled. Oh, how he

loved his darling Moon, who

loved to call herself Evangelina.

Softly he explained, You can

leave the palace if you want but

then, we will become one, instead

of two. While I light up a part of

the world, the other half will be

darkened. Would you like that?

N o, w a i l e d M oon , I

wouldnt. But but is there no

way I can feel you? Is there no

way by which I can touch you? Is

there no way? Just for some time,

please, daddy?

You can feel me whenever

you want. You can touch me

whenever you want. I am always

around. It is you, who turns away

from me. So it is you, who will

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always have to stay connected to

me, replied the Sun.

This is a little hard for me

to understand. How can I feel

you whenever I want? asked

Moon with her brows knit

tightly together.

The Sun replied, Just close

your eyes and think of me, and

you will feel me. Just feel your own

light and you will feel my touch.

Without me, you cannot exist.

So, know at the very core of your

being, if you exist, I must too.

But, but, wept the Moon,

So often I am mean, Daddy.

So often, I am scared. So often,

I have such bad thoughts and I

do such terrible things. So often,

I am moody and deny the world

my light. I am full of flaws and

craters. But you seem so perfect,

so flawless. Are you sure you love

me all the time?

The Sun laughed, a loud, rum-

bling laughter that coloured the

skies in bright hues. He said, It

is my light that shines through

you. Then, to hate you, would

mean to hate myself. How can

a parent hate its child? How can

a seed hate its fruit? I love you,

every time, all the time. There is

light, all the time, everywhere.

The Moon pouted prettily,

still unwilling to accept every-

thing daddy was saying. She

wondered, How come I dont

feel the love all the time? Why

dont I feel the light all the time?

It just comes in glimpses.

When you learn to feel love

all the time, love will remain

with you all the time. When you

adjust your eyes to the light per-

manently, light will be around

forever. It begins as a choice. It

continues with practice. And it

becomes eternal with faith. The

more you question, the more

questions will arise, little one. We

shall lose ourselves in words and

miss out on the experience. Keep

your face turned towards me, at

all times, and never shall you ever

feel lonely. Empty yourself, so I

can fill you, urged the Sun.

Nodding her head in under-

standing, Moon let go. She sat

silently and allowed him to fill

her completely. She could feel his

light. She could feel his touch. In

fact, she understood that with-

out him, she was not. He was

there at the very core of her. As

this realisation struck her, her

eyes flew open. She beamed, she

laughed, and she danced. She felt

so complete. In celebration, she

arose, fully, so the entire world

could see her glory. She kept her

face to him, her Creator, and

her daddy. She let him lead her

through darkness. She saw him,

even when she couldnt see him.

And each night, instead of tears

of loneliness, she shed tears of

gratitude gratitude in the

knowledge that he was with her

even when she couldnt see him.

That he loved her, even when she

could not feel the love and that

there was light, even in the dark-

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