I see myself sitting again. Here I am, in front of my laptop with the letters on my keyboard illuminated. I illuminate them because here, under the darkness of the night and the glow of the Moon, I need it to see what nonsense I'm going to write next. Many may not know it, but I have been without inspiration for a long time, without knowing what to write, without finding any event that makes me want to go far away with my computer and type until I get tired. However, today, I looked at the Moon. I don't know if you stop to see the Moon, but it is 100% recommended. Today we are living in hard times, not only because of the State of Alarm, the economic, social and medical situation we are in, but because of all the poverty that will happen to us after this. And yet, it is not this situation that has led me to sit under the stars.
I am sitting here because today I looked at the Moon. I have observed it. It is beautiful, full to overflowing, not a drop more of light fits. Imposing in the darkness, heartbreaking in its best attire. And that is what has led me to see myself sitting before this glow. Then, when all my senses have merged with it while observing it, that is when I have remembered where I am and what is happening.
However, oblivious to everything, there we see the Moon, it seems that it doesn't care about anything. Because it is like that, it is there to remind us that even if we stop, even if the entire humanity stops, it will still be here. And then you realize that your problems are insignificant before it. The eye that sees everything, although, most of the time we don't even feel observed, we forget it.
I am not going to forget the Moon, today I want to stay here all night until it disappears and after it the Sun rises. And wait here all day again, for it to get dark again and be able to observe it again. What happiness I feel inside me. It is an indescribable sensation, only each one can discover it by sitting in front of the Moon, because what you will feel will be different from what I am feeling.
384,400 km away
I feel attracted, I seem like a mermaid, so absorbed by the Moon that at times it scares me. It transmits happiness, amazement, fear, respect, even sadness. But also, I feel alone, there is only loneliness around me. But this loneliness does not scare me, but gives me peace and tranquility. So white, so shiny. At 384,400 km from us, it is so far away, but I feel it so close, that it seems that it is in my ear whispering every word I write.
I think the right word to describe everything I am feeling is gratitude. These days we are experiencing empathy in its purest form, where gratitude is the most valuable currency. I am grateful to be here under the dark sky observing the white star. And I cry, for all the people who are missing this wonderful moment. I cry for all those who are not here to be able to see what I am seeing. My heart cries and my hands bleed, the speed of the feelings that fluctuate now through my head seem to travel at the speed of one of those stars that from here seem not even to flinch, and be reflected directly on my empty sheet. So much injustice spread under the Moon... it should not be allowed. It should not be allowed to feel unhappy, scared, watched, angry, distressed. There are so many things that should not be allowed, that on the contrary happen day by day, that we don't even flinch. Like when we pass under the Moon, we don't even take a moment to look at it. Because it is always there, and we believe that it will always be. Like all the misfortunes that happen around us, they have us so saturated that we don't even flinch at the greatest atrocities. And that, much more than feeling alone at night, terrifies me.
Observing it is observing ourselves
We should take a moment at night to admire the Moon, because observing it is not taking a telescope and studying its appearance. Observing it is observing ourselves, in the deepest part of our being. And then, that is when we will see the Moon, when we will notice our surroundings, when we will reflect on the life we live, when we will feel full and empty at the same time. For all this and much more, we should SEE the Moon.
"I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it." (Albert Einstein).
Blog: https://teresasabeescribir.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/aunque-nosotros-paremos-la-luna-sigue-iluminando/
Photographs: Noah Vocker (Instagram @nvockerphoto).
I would like to recommend a video with which you can reflect on what we are experiencing today. Montage by Santiago López (Instagram @santlpz)
