Since the first day, Moon and Sea have loved each other. Moon would roll along Sea’s sandy shores, admiring her depth. Sea stretched onto the beach to come closer to Moon’s gentle glow. They conversed about philosophy and art. They discussed the vast gray area between black and white. She hid her secrets in shells for him to find. He shared his greatest dreams with her. Their love grew.
    During one of these magical evenings, Sea’s love overcame her. She reached far from her sandy home and climbed all the way up her shores to place one salty kiss on Moon’s white lips. She longed to have him closer, to see all of his light at once. Moon rolled slowly out, wading into her shallow waters. He wanted to know her depth, to feel her surround him. She wrapped her nourishing waters around him, and they held each other all night. When they woke, morning’s warmth rested on them.
    Sea welcomed her lover’s presence every night, and every morning Moon rolled home. They filled the nights with love and laughter and friendship only to wake to long lonely days. Finally, the two could stand it no more. That night, Moon rolled down Sea’s sloping arms and found a home in her deep bosom.
    The lovers had longed for this since they had met. They had finally completed their union and become one. Their love flourished. Each gained a deeper understanding of the other, and their love grew. Yet, in this ultimate act, each lost the part that was most admired by the other. Sea could no longer delight in Moon’s gentle glow, and Moon could not appreciate Sea’s endless bounds. Moon explained to Sea that he did not think he could have true happiness unless he could behold all of her. Sea admitted that she missed Moon’s beautiful glow. The lovers became determined to find a way to make each other truly happy again.
    They decided that they could not go back to conversing on the shore because their love had grown too strong. Moon would leave Sea’s grasp just long enough for each to admire the other, and then he would return. Sea thought that she could create waves large enough to pull him from her depths and release him into the heavens. He would illuminate her as he rose and see her in all of her vast glory. After the power of her push wore off, he would glide gracefully back to earth and into her eager arms.
    Sea moved like never before. She slid up and down the shore with progressing power until one enormous wave rose from beneath Moon and catapulted him into the sky. Sea smiled as she watched her lover soar into the air, lighting the world with his soft glow. Moon smiled as he got higher and saw all of his lovely Sea for the first time. As Sea basked in Moon’s light, her love grew even deeper. As Moon saw more of the Sea, his love grew bigger. The two could not wait to reunite, yet his flight continued. Their longing increased with every minute of Moon’s trip, but he did not return to earth.
    Sea had launched Moon into the heavens. Despite his great desire to return, he could not. Moon still reaches for Sea. He stretches with such force that his perfect sphere has bent into an oblong shape. Sea still misses Moon. She rolls in and out of the shore remembering their first kiss, and she hides her secrets in shells hoping that Moon will one day return to hear them.