Thursday, October 04, 2007

Lonely planet

Our planet is in peril; today’s news intrigues me to look from an opposite angle: look at all those stars above us, all those uncountable tiny things which are diminishing from our eyes.

All those stars and planets are loners in the dark; their own comfort is the radiance from other companions, which is in fact from a distance measured in light-year, or from a star that no longer exists. Still, their luminosity lasts over our lifespan and marks eternity. Nevertheless, starlight is far out of reach, so we create brighter and closer stars around us, to drive away the lonesome of darkness.

Light pollution is covering signals to our planet. Not only may we no longer be able to communicate among stars, may I no longer see another me, on another planet, in another solar system. We are after all getting lonelier at night that is indistinguishable from day. Our planet is getting lonelier

I still remember how stunning it was to see a full sky of celestial silver light in one summer night. I felt like I were inside a snow globe. I could hear angels sing when stars were twinkling.

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