Funny how I didnt notice....
Let me set the scene
I was sitting,staring out of my friends balcony,the sun was setting,and the lights were coming on,and from my corner,you could see a tennis court.
You could see a walkway,you could see people.
As the sun set and everything was enveloped in darkness I noticed something.
In the period between night and day,between sun and lamp people became invisible.
Just when it became dark enough to call it night but not dark enough to call it dark,humans become invisible.
They became near impossible to see,the world seemed to swallow all the lives that walked the path,the people on the tennis court became nothing but floating rackets and spectral balls.And for one brief moment,all signs of human life vanished.
But instead of being shocked or amazed,it seemed natural to me.It was natural that for those five seconds that the earth reclaimed the humans into itself,it was natural that all I could see were highlights of the world.
It was natural that people werent there.
Just beautifully,amazingly natural.
It was as if it was like that all along,and it was just me that didnt notice.
Funny how I didnt notice it.
But then the lights on the court flickered to life as the humans struggled to come back into existance through the illusion of light provided to them.
And everything fought back,the lights refused to come to life,the world refused to let us back in,it was enjoying our absence.It was enjoying the few seconds respite from mankind that the twilight brought.
Everything else doesnt like us here,it fights to keep us hidden,and we fight back.
Every single day we fight back.
And I for one,was rooting for everything else to win.
I liked the absence,I loved it.
Maybe one day we will smarten up and lose,just for that day.
Maybe.
I was sitting,staring out of my friends balcony,the sun was setting,and the lights were coming on,and from my corner,you could see a tennis court.
You could see a walkway,you could see people.
As the sun set and everything was enveloped in darkness I noticed something.
In the period between night and day,between sun and lamp people became invisible.
Just when it became dark enough to call it night but not dark enough to call it dark,humans become invisible.
They became near impossible to see,the world seemed to swallow all the lives that walked the path,the people on the tennis court became nothing but floating rackets and spectral balls.And for one brief moment,all signs of human life vanished.
But instead of being shocked or amazed,it seemed natural to me.It was natural that for those five seconds that the earth reclaimed the humans into itself,it was natural that all I could see were highlights of the world.
It was natural that people werent there.
Just beautifully,amazingly natural.
It was as if it was like that all along,and it was just me that didnt notice.
Funny how I didnt notice it.
But then the lights on the court flickered to life as the humans struggled to come back into existance through the illusion of light provided to them.
And everything fought back,the lights refused to come to life,the world refused to let us back in,it was enjoying our absence.It was enjoying the few seconds respite from mankind that the twilight brought.
Everything else doesnt like us here,it fights to keep us hidden,and we fight back.
Every single day we fight back.
And I for one,was rooting for everything else to win.
I liked the absence,I loved it.
Maybe one day we will smarten up and lose,just for that day.
Maybe.