geminids

it's been rainy and overcast for days but tonight the skies have cleared. outside her window, orion sits just above the rooftop of the next house in the block. to the left, gemini has never been too bright and the city lights on the horizon blurred them even more. she tilted her phone a little more to the left and waited for google to map out the skies in front of her. there. gemini should be somewhere there.

donning on her winter coat and the warmest scarf and hat she could find, she stepped out her window into the neighbor's rooftop and the chilly midnight air.

and one by one, as her eyes adjusted to the dark, she sees them - pieces of rocks burning their way into the earth leaving short trails of light behind. beautiful. romantic, she remembered him saying not too long ago about watching falling stars. camping..would be more romantic, she countered haha. 

they both are.

romantic or not, in that fraction of a second before that streak of light disappeared, she thought about how much she missed picking up her phone and mindlessly fill him in on such a mundane activity such as getting herself chilled outdoors while watching suicidal pieces of rocks dive through the atmosphere. she wondered if he misses her too. yet she knew the answer somehow: no. occasionally, yes, with occasions spanning a few weeks to a few months or when he's bored in transit.

meteor showers are beautiful, she thought. but now they're associated to someone who's been very efficient at making her feel lonely. beautiful but lonely.

clearest photo of the geminids i could possibly take.

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