and still be so beautiful?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sits among the old graves,
beneath a moon that seems almost close enough to touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She reaches for it sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But no matter how far she stretches her hands,
the moon remains beyond her reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps the human heart is like that, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone can sit right beside you
and still remain impossibly far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can love someone
and still hurt them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can want to protect someone
and still be unable to save them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can want to forget
and still remember everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there are nights
when even living feels unbearably heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl knows those nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She doesn\u2019t pretend that she doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two black cats sit beside her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They don\u2019t speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They simply stay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One on each side of her,
watching the same moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe words aren\u2019t always necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe, when someone is hurting,
what they need most isn\u2019t an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe they simply need someone who says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t have to carry this alone.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Not with a lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not with an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just by staying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, presence is its own kind of prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl looks toward the old cross standing behind her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She doesn\u2019t know exactly who placed it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps someone once came to this place after losing someone they loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps someone stood beneath this same moon Perhaps someone simply needed a place The girl closes her eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At first, she prays:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPlease take all the sadness away from this world.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n But then she stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She knows that life doesn\u2019t always work that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some wounds cannot simply be erased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some losses cannot be undone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some prayers are answered differently than we imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So she changes her prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen, God\u2026 That becomes her deepest prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not that suffering will never exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that no one will have to believe The moon above her is covered with scars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Craters left behind by countless impacts, And yet the moon remains beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl looks at it and thinks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMaybe people are like the moon.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We carry our own craters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Words that should never have been said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People we loved but couldn\u2019t keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dreams that didn\u2019t come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moments when we tried our hardest Those things leave marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some wounds fade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Others become part of who we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But having scars Sometimes, The girl lives in a sad world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But she is not sadness itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She lives in a difficult world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But she is not her suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She lives in darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But she is not the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She is still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sitting beneath the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Listening to the quiet breathing of two black cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watching the distant lights of an old church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And somewhere inside her, Perhaps life was never meant to be There are days when we cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Days when we don\u2019t want to talk to anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Days when we don\u2019t know what we\u2019re doing anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And there are nights when we quietly wonder But even then, The Earth keeps turning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Moon keeps moving around the Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Earth keeps moving around the Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And our entire solar system continues its journey Even when we feel completely still, Neither are we.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Somewhere beyond what we can see, That thought makes the girl smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the future has not happened yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It hasn\u2019t been observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It hasn\u2019t been written completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So perhaps she doesn\u2019t have to decide tonight Tonight, She can hold one of the cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can do nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if tomorrow comes, Then another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes, The girl looks up at the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHey, Moon\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI wonder how many times you\u2019ve been hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The moon doesn\u2019t answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It never does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It simply continues to shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its light isn\u2019t strong enough It cannot bring back everyone we\u2019ve lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It cannot repair every broken heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it can illuminate the ground And maybe that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe the light we need Maybe we only need enough light Then another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is sadness in this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is loneliness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are things we cannot change, But even here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n someone still loves someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone still reaches for another person\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone still makes a wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone still whispers a prayer And in that moment,<\/p>\n\n\n\n a tiny star appears in the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl is looking for those stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not because she believes she can save the entire world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not because she has all the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But because she wants to remember something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even in a broken world, A rose growing beside an old grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A black cat sitting quietly beneath the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An ancient cross standing against the night sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A prayer whispered into the darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A girl who has been hurt Maybe these things are not proof Maybe they are something more meaningful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A reminder that brokenness So tonight, She doesn\u2019t need to be perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She doesn\u2019t need to be strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She doesn\u2019t have to smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She can stop for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the future is not something We don\u2019t have to turn tonight The moon disappears from the sky Winter eventually gives way to spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The universe continues to change And perhaps our lives are changing, too, The girl looks up one last time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And quietly, she says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis world may be sad. The words disappear into the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No thunder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No miracle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No voice from heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just the stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just two black cats beside her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And somehow, Because faith isn\u2019t always knowing Sometimes, A little room for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A little room for healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A little room for love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A little room for God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And perhaps, The moon says nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The stars say nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the light remains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As if to say\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are still here.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n And the story is not over yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u5fc3\u6674\u308c\u308b\u307e\u3067<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u571f\u5c4b\u68a8\u6c99<\/p>\n\n\n\n This world was never particularly kind. People cry,and the moon keeps shining. People lose the ones they love, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-column","category-hitokoto"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\n
and asked God for an answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to leave a prayer that was too painful to say aloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if You cannot take away everyone\u2019s pain,
please don\u2019t let the people who are hurting
believe that they have been forgotten.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
they are completely alone inside it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
preserved across unimaginable stretches of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and still weren\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
does not mean that something has lost its beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the scars are exactly where the light finds us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
there is still a tiny part of her
that believes tomorrow might be different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nothing but happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
whether our existence has any meaning at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
time continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
through a universe far larger than anything we can comprehend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the universe is not standing still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
time is carrying us toward a future
we haven\u2019t met yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how the rest of her life will end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she can simply look at the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she can take one more breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
one more step is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to erase every sorrow in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
just a few steps ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
doesn\u2019t always have to be as bright as the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to see where to place our next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
no matter how desperately we wish we could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when no one else is listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
beautiful things can still exist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
but is still here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that the world is perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
does not have to be the end of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the girl remains beneath the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
we have to solve all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
into a verdict on tomorrow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
only to return again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
over distances and times
we cannot even imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
even when we cannot feel it happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This world may be painful.
But I am still here.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
that is enough for tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
what will happen next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
faith is simply leaving a little room
for something we cannot see yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a little room for ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/uranaiyakata.com\/shinjuku\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/8BA31ADD-B023-4A83-84DA-17C234804F4C-1024x1024.png\")
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