Have you not ever thought

Why there is a double 'o'

In the word 'moon,' and not

A single 'u' as it is spoken?

Old English 'mōna'

Of Germanic origin

Relates to Dutch 'maan'

And German 'mond,'

As well as to 'month,'

So long as the moon

Is to be used for timing --

If we take a good look

At an Indo-European root,

We will see that it is shared

By Greek 'mēn' or 'month'

And Latin 'metiri,'

Which is 'to measure,'

With the same meaning

Of time measurement.

The Moon orbits the planet Earth

In the period of 29.5 days,

Going through a series of phases

From new moon to full

And back again during that racing.

The bright and dark features which

Outline the Moon's dress suit

Are highlands and lowlands,

The former heavily pockmarked

By craters, crevices and cavities

Due to the meteorite impacts --

The scars on the man-like face

We discern each month

Since earthlings cannot see

What happens on the other side,

I will try to tell you the truth

With the utmost sincerity.

The opposite side of sister Moon,

Is dwelled by a giant Woodcutter

Who day and night fells the one

And only sacred Cassia tree

Which grows time and again

Despite its recurrent felling.

There also lives a giant Toad

Which regularly swallows and then

Spits out the giant Woodcutter

Now, after you have got to know

What there is on the opposing side,

The question still remains opened to us:

What's going on inside the satellite

Created artfully a myriad kalpas ago?

Is it that the Moon is simply a kind

Of a large-size computer which

Measures all 'tick-tacks' and defines

Our earthly subsistence? And if so,

Who is or, better say, who are

That computer's skilful operators?

At the very end I should admit that

Myths and hard science are going

Side by side with broad free paces,

Exactly measuring the lunar distance.