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08/13/2026
To the Perseids š
I first came to know of you in 2016.
Ten years later, this is the fourth time Iāve come to see you.
The first time, I was still a boy, my childhood friends were with me, we laughed at ourselves for being hopelessly single. I stood on the hill behind my grandmaās house, convincing myself I had seen you through the city lights.
The second time, I was a grownup already, I saw a fireball for the first time in my life, yet I was busy capturing it through a lens and a screen.
The third time, I had someone I loved beside me, and I found myself looking less at the sky and more at her, hoping she was well, wanting to show her your beauty.
And tonight, I came alone.
My life is a little lost these days. I sat in the car for a long time, tired from the weight of this past year, almost talking myself out of coming.
But somehow, I pressed start on the navigation.
And it felt a little like fate.
No matter how uncertain I was, the car knew only one thing: to keep moving toward the destination.
So I did too.
As the city lights disappeared behind me, the road grew darker. I had barely preparedāonly a jacket for the cold, I did bring my camera but left the memory cards at home.
Maybe that was fitting.
I couldnāt see much of the road ahead in life either.
At the mountain, headlights blinded me until the last car finally passed.
Then everything went dark.
I couldnāt see my feet.
I couldnāt see what was beside me.
Until I looked upā
A sky overflowing with stars, and the Milky Way stretched across the night. š
And suddenly, it was all worth it.
I lay beneath the stars, and then a meteor crossed the center of the sky, trailing a green light long enough to span several constellations.
And as it fell,
my tears fell with it.
Hello.
We meet again.
I saw more than twenty meteors that night. And just before I left, after countless failed attempts, my phone somehow caught one at the exact moment I pressed the shutter. (P1)
That was enough.
Somewhere inside me, something quietly felt complete.
Until next time, Perseids.
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.
To the Perseids š
I first came to know of you in 2016.
Ten years later, this is the fourth time Iāve come to see you.
The first time, I was still a boy, my childhood friends were with me, we laughed at ourselves for being hopelessly single. I stood on the hill behind my grandmaās house, convincing myself I had seen you through the city lights.
The second time, I was a grownup already, I saw a fireball for the first time in my life, yet I was busy capturing it through a lens and a screen.
The third time, I had someone I loved beside me, and I found myself looking less at the sky and more at her, hoping she was well, wanting to show her your beauty.
And tonight, I came alone.
My life is a little lost these days. I sat in the car for a long time, tired from the weight of this past year, almost talking myself out of coming.
But somehow, I pressed start on the navigation.
And it felt a little like fate.
No matter how uncertain I was, the car knew only one thing: to keep moving toward the destination.
So I did too.
As the city lights disappeared behind me, the road grew darker. I had barely preparedāonly a jacket for the cold, I did bring my camera but left the memory cards at home.
Maybe that was fitting.
I couldnāt see much of the road ahead in life either.
At the mountain, headlights blinded me until the last car finally passed.
Then everything went dark.
I couldnāt see my feet.
I couldnāt see what was beside me.
Until I looked upā
A sky overflowing with stars, and the Milky Way stretched across the night. š
And suddenly, it was all worth it.
I lay beneath the stars, and then a meteor crossed the center of the sky, trailing a green light long enough to span several constellations.
And as it fell,
my tears fell with it.
Hello.
We meet again.
I saw more than twenty meteors that night. And just before I left, after countless failed attempts, my phone somehow caught one at the exact moment I pressed the shutter. (P1)
That was enough.
Somewhere inside me, something quietly felt complete.
Until next time, Perseids.
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.
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