- 21 Dec, 2025 *
I always had a fascination for the nights, I feel like they can be traced back to a decade ago, when I was part of a Scouts group.
It was one of my first times going for camping, I was a kid and very scared of going there by myself at the time, but I went with my group plus a few others. and when it started getting dark, with the shadows of the trees covering the place, I needed to deliver something to someone over there, can’t recall what it is, but when I went on my way, I saw the sky. It was absolutely beautiful.
I never saw the night being so blue, full of stars and even making out constellations while illuminating the floor so brightly that I never thought possible in my years living in the city, but it was an incredible sight. I only saw it for 30 seconds or …
- 21 Dec, 2025 *
I always had a fascination for the nights, I feel like they can be traced back to a decade ago, when I was part of a Scouts group.
It was one of my first times going for camping, I was a kid and very scared of going there by myself at the time, but I went with my group plus a few others. and when it started getting dark, with the shadows of the trees covering the place, I needed to deliver something to someone over there, can’t recall what it is, but when I went on my way, I saw the sky. It was absolutely beautiful.
I never saw the night being so blue, full of stars and even making out constellations while illuminating the floor so brightly that I never thought possible in my years living in the city, but it was an incredible sight. I only saw it for 30 seconds or so, but it stuck with me ever since.
Another good memory I have while being a Scout was when we reunited with all the scouts of the area near us, and we did a massive circle where we talked, ate food and played hide and seek in the darkness. It was massively fun, and I mean it, even if i was awfully tired from the long trail we needed to go to get there at first.
Ever since I quit being a Scout, I’ve been trying to chase that high from the nights, but because I live in the city, there’s massive pollution from the lights, which makes most stars not be visible, and the sky pitch black.
Sometimes I would like to go walk in the night at least, and see how it all looks from there, but the city I live in is dangerous, so that’s automatically discarded, even if I wish it wasn’t so.
Life may try to get in the way of my memories, making it seem like all I’m doing is for naught, that it’s just not worth it anymore, but then I remember that night, those moments, and it fills me with wonder that I thought I lost long ago.
Even if I may never see night like that again, even if all the stars die eventually, even if I die, I’ll take that night view and those memories deep to my heart, because there is beauty in our world, natural beauty that’s awaiting to be discovered, and it’ll always be there waiting for us.
Even if sometimes it feels the opposite way, the world we live in is beautiful and it makes me glad to be alive, although all that beauty is often hidden.
- Anubi "Moonie" Arts.