The Origins of the Eclipse: A Modern Theory

A total eclipse of the heart could be possible 

If only the Sun and the Moon could touch fingers for one instance 

And yet the lovers stood separate

Spread apart by an invisible divide for millennia.

The cosmos laughed and cried when they

Whistled at each other’s tails, exchanged glances 

Through the midnight sky.

Lady Sun hoped to confess her love for Lady Moon, 

But she did not:

They could never be together,

Never be locked in a tender embrace.

And so one day, in their miserable yet sweet parry,

The moon crashed. 

It tumbled down into the water,

Taking the stars with it,

And shrouding the world in an abyss of darkness.

A total eclipse of the heart was possible

In that moment:

Lady Sun wept, and wept, 

because she knew what had happened:

Lady Moon had felt the same.

And now she was to blame,

For not acting sooner,

For not thinking she was enough,

For thinking they could never be together;

And so she wept over the dead body,

Holding within her

A total eclipse of the heart.

— Angel Ianira Myako