the (milky) way of the dragon

Last night I went on a rage walk. That’s when you’re furious as fuque and you walk off really fast into the darkness until you aren’t angry anymore. In a moment of crying out to the High Heavens, I raised my head to the sky, and just as I screamed, “ALLAH!” my voice caught in my throat as the Milky Way stared back down at me in all its wonder and glory. My mouth agape, I stood there, truly in awe, mind empty, momentarily forgetting the anger that drove me out there in the first place. I was surrounded by the deep expanse of the sky, and the stars twinkled back down at me (a phenomenon known as scintillation for my astro nerds out there 🤓) singing, “Hush now, my baby. Be still, love, don’t cry.” I touched my face. The tears had already stopped. I just stood there in wonder at this magnificence I had heard of my whole life, and, up until that moment, had never realized I hadn’t witnessed with my own two eyes. And then it made me think that there are still so many firsts I have yet to experience with people I have yet to meet and love, who will, in turn, love me & adore me, and that’s something to look forward to.