January 18, 2012

someday the moon won't be there either

dear dark side diary,

i have always been very fascinated with the moon and not just the phases of it, but the way it looks and what it does and everything. the moon is every single bit as important as the sun, but that is pretty much common knowledge by now. a long time ago when the moon was much closer to the earth and the gravitational pull was much stronger, the tides were at least a thousand times greater. but every time the moon makes a trip around the earth it pulls just a tiny bit further away from us, or we push it away- however you want to think about it. my mom always tried to get me to see the man on the moon but when i was little i just never could. i can see him so clearly now. this is what i know for certain, there are two faces to that big bright moon up there and we only get to see one. that ought to learn us all something.