La lune et l'étoiles

La lune et l'étoiles

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Imagine what life would be like if we never had the brightness of the moon or the comfort of the stars. Imagine what it would be like if the sun set and the sun stayed blank. One way or another, there's a sense of optimism in those scenarios. Because the moon is here and so are the stars. For Aneesa there was nothing more beautiful to her than the night sky. She used to compare everything to its beauty. Art was her moon and color, her stars. Nowadays the moon is a misshapen block of cheese, overly colonised by the humans and the stars are only there to remind her of how far away they are from all her problems and how close she is to them. ------I always thought that happiness was easy you know?I thought that if there's something I've always wanted since I was a kid, and I did my best to get it then it'd be like magic and It would all rush in and I'd be the person I'd always imagined myself to be. Well, news flash! I'm in London now living the dream life! Either completely unable to manifest positive feelings or on the verge of a panic attack. I can't even walk past a group of bloody teenagers without being scared to death that one of them thinks I look like a voodoo witch!Worst of all, I can't figure out why. My therapist thinks I should get a therapist, my sister thinks I should get a husband and my parents think I should go back home to live with the rats, dogs and wall geckos. And the worst of all those wild animals, my sister. But don't worry about me, I'm fine. Just woke up on the wrong side of bed is all.…