I don’t know how long I sat on my balcony tonight.
I went out for maybe five minutes — just to get some fresh air before bed. And then I looked up and completely forgot about sleeping.
“One moon. Millions of lives. All under the same sky tonight.”
The moon was just there. Full, bright, glowing through layers of clouds like it was putting on a show specifically for whoever was paying attention tonight. And I was paying attention and I loved it.
There’s something about a cloudy moon that hits different from a clear one. When the sky is totally clear the moon is beautiful but simple.
“Somewhere behind those windows, someone else was looking up too.”
Tonight — the clouds were moving slowly around it, sometimes covering it a little, sometimes letting it shine through fully, and every few minutes the whole sky looked completely different. Like it was changing outfits and asking okay how about now? Is this better? Lol😄
I grabbed my phone and started taking pictures. Then kept taking pictures. I couldn’t stop honestly because every time I thought okay this is the best shot, the clouds would shift again and suddenly it looked even more dramatic and I had to try again.
“The whole city was busy. The moon didn’t care. It just shone anyway.”
I took pictures close up, far away, with the city in the frame, without the city — and honestly I’m so glad I did because looking at them now I can still feel exactly how I felt sitting there. That feeling you can’t really explain to anyone. Like you witnessed something and it was just for you and you didn’t plan for it.
I just tried to zoom it.
The city lights below, the buildings all lit up with little yellow windows, the moon above doing its thing through the clouds — it all felt very alive somehow. Like everyone in those buildings had their own little world going on inside, and above all of it the moon was just quietly shining on everyone equally without caring about any of it.
“ My balcony, my moon, my city. Goodnight world. 🌸”
I sat there until the clouds started covering it more and the show slowed down. Came inside feeling oddly peaceful. Like my mind got a proper rest just from sitting and looking at the sky for a while.
Just a beautiful moon on a random night and me on my balcony refusing to go inside. 🌕
Sometimes that’s more than enough. 🌸
