As the night gets darker, many more meteors illuminate the sky. Flashes of light against dark, a stunning display of astronomical beauty. What I would give to watch the meteor shower on the roof of a house with blankets, with friends, with lovers. But instead, I lie on my bed, my mother unwilling to leave the comforts of her house, and my father unwilling to leave his computer. I can imagine what it would be like, to be a family, but the image is shattered and I know the best I can do is smile and pretend. So I cry and I weep for all the love lost, but at the end of the day I'm me in my life and that's all I'll ever be. I can't change the past, but I can make the future. And I promise myself that I'll love and love deeply because I know how much it hurts to be alone.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Perseid Meteor Shower
As the night gets darker, many more meteors illuminate the sky. Flashes of light against dark, a stunning display of astronomical beauty. What I would give to watch the meteor shower on the roof of a house with blankets, with friends, with lovers. But instead, I lie on my bed, my mother unwilling to leave the comforts of her house, and my father unwilling to leave his computer. I can imagine what it would be like, to be a family, but the image is shattered and I know the best I can do is smile and pretend. So I cry and I weep for all the love lost, but at the end of the day I'm me in my life and that's all I'll ever be. I can't change the past, but I can make the future. And I promise myself that I'll love and love deeply because I know how much it hurts to be alone.
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Aww... This is so sad :(
ReplyDeleteDoesn't entirely sound like you either way. :S So very... moralistic/emotionally go-forward.
I didn't even know about the meteor shower until after it happened.