I have always been
the one to be interested in looking at the sky. I live on the outskirts of Baytown.
Where I live now, the houses are not close together at all. We have a whole
acre and a half to ourselves. There are no major lights at night that ever
block the stars. You can see them perfectly. I’ve lived here for over 6 years
and in 2011 I saw a shooting star for the first time. It was beautiful for a
few reasons.
That being my first shooting star is memorable, not because it’s
the first I have ever seen, but because I got to experience the sight with a
friend who passed away two days later. My friend would visit me every day right after
he got off of work. He rarely ever came inside my house because he would get
off of work too late, so we would always look up at the sky. We would point at
the different moon phases. Those have always interested me; Specially the Super
moon phase. That is when the moon is really huge, it almost looks as big as
earth. We couldn’t ever tell when a moon was really a planet, since all the
stars where bright and big and small.
The shooting star went way too fast for me to even act on
it, but when I pointed at it; all my friend said to me was, “Yes Jojo, I saw
that.” Ever since then I see shooting stars every few days. I didn’t know how
common and special they are. I do not know if it was just my mind or head, but I
could have sworn that I heard a swooshing sound along with the star. Every
shooting star now, I hear my friend’s voice and in some way, I feel as if he is
there.
Ever since that day, I pay more attention to the sky at
night. I think of him and that very shooting star, not knowing that that would
be the last night we would get to see the night summer sky together. I look at
it and I get lost in my mind. When I see a shooting star now, I have different
feelings that run through me. None of them are good, and none of them are bad.
I just feel numb now. But I enjoy it.
I feel fortunate enough to be able to see a whole glitter of
stars where I live. Ever since I heard that the stars are being blocked by pollution,
it is very unfortunate. Maybe the generation after me will never get too see
how beautiful the night sky is. But for tonight, I will still be fortunate to
be able to have a beautiful sight of what a real night sky is.
