I believe our moon will rise

At its appointed hour

A bare sliver at times

Crescent at others

Gibbous in its fullness

As it orbits our earth.

I believe the sun will rise

Every morning

(Unless one is too far north or south)

Early in summer

Later in winter

As our earth completes its

Annual orbit around our sun.

I believe our sun orbits

The center of our galaxy

Somewhere the other side of the Milky Way.

I wonder, has it completed a single orbit

In its four billion year life (give or take a few billion years)?

Robert Niel Beatie – February 15, 2013