Nighttime Walking Is Spending Time In Another World by Running The Galaxies
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Am I the only one who thinks that walking at night looks much different than walking during the day? What about you? I think walking at night is like being transported to another world.
There are so many sorrows of this busy life that we live that we forget how beautiful the natural world is whether it is day time or night time. Yes, there is beautiful plantlife all around me, but walking at night, though… When family is cozied up inside their home and I am outside, there is something about the atmosphere that changes.
I walk along the sidewalk in my converse shoes, jeans and T-shirt. Every house and pathway looks alien now. There are lights on at different angles, most of them come from the front of homes and the remaining few come from the street lights. Normally, I am afraid of bad people popping out of the thin air of the darkness, but not tonight. This night, every twinkle of a light and the setup of the front of the houses on either side of the street bring me a joy I can’t shake.
I wonder things like, why would my life be like if life was different? What if I could have this kind of house or that kind of house and was able to turn it into a magical land of my own? What if I walked through the night forever before the morning came? What if my imagination running wild would come true if all I did was stare into the dimly lit darkness?
When reality overshadowed these thoughts and daydreams, that thing was like killer bees striking at my heart. I couldn’t bear to let these small moments get smashed into pieces. I shake reality aside and keep walking. Until I know my walk has to come to an end at some point, of course. I can’t stop myself from pausing at a distance away from my shelter where I’d soon open the door and re-enter reality. I savored the sight of the dimly lit night with a stretch of my arms, and then went inside, where I slept for the rest of the night.