Color of Night
It's hard to remember how I spent the previous Mid-Autumn Festival. perhaps I spent it with my parents. Frankly I didn't consider it a very special day because I was studying in a university in my hometown and could therefore return home any time I wanted to, assuming I had some time to spare of course. The feeling of longing wasn't very strong. I dreamt of leaving. (But please, don't regard me as someone who'd forget their origin.
Tonight—Mid-Autumn Day I would enjoy myself in the campus. (Today, actually at noon, I had lunch with my parents.) After surfing the internetfor a couple of hours, I turned off my computer and went out for a walk on the campus. There is an old saying:" the moon in 16th is rounder than the one in 15th." Maybe that is true. I couldn’t tell whether the moon was round or not because I forgot to wear glasses.
“Moon, I am so sorry I can’t see clearly of your privileged pose in your special Day.” I looked at the blurred and bright moon and murmured to the breeze.
It was not a quiet night, which went against my expectations. There were some students staying in university due to the long distance between their hometown and the school. Most of them were freshmen who just finished their Military Training and started to enjoy new campus life. Some of them were sitting together to have a chat; some of them were singing on the football ground; some of them were running. (Oh, my God! On this special day, there were still many people running on the playground.) Let me enjoy the running group. (Girls, we should not be lazy. Come on! Succession being slim is not far away.)
As I was running alone in the dark night, I got Closer and closer to a person who seemed to be waiting for me. I couldn't see the person clearly, all I could tell was the gender. (In order to avoid treating strangers as friends, I felt it a good idea to pretend not to see him and to pass silently.)
“Hi, I have been here to wait for you for a long time!” I heard the words from the man’s mouth. I stopped running and walked close to him.“Oh, My God! Why are you here?” I was so surprised.
“Why can’t I be here, just you can? I knew you would come out and run on the playground.” He smiled to me.
“Ok, let’s have a walk around the playground!” I reply a warm smile.
People were still singing, running and chatting.They didn’t notice a couple of special friends meeting, on the special day.
“Have you called your parents? They will miss you if you don’t go back to see them on Mid-Autumn Day!” I turned my face to look at him.
“I did call them. Don’t worry. You know I am a good boy!”
“Really? (hehe) This is my last Mid-Autumn Day in the university. It seems we would spend it together! It is better to enjoy the beautiful moon alone, isn’t it?” I turned to look up the moon.
“I hope you will be good wherever you go!”
“You are always nice to me. I really appreciate what you had done for me during the college life. You are my best friend. although we were together for a short time, I did enjoy the relationship between you and me. I felt very happy. It is true.” He kept quiet and Smiling to me.
I had a deep breath, and then said:” let us have a break here, ok? I want to taste the special day’s smell.”
We stopped at the left side of the playground and kept silence, just looked at the moon although I still couln’t see it clearly. I murmured to the breeze again. In my mind, moon, she is very great. As everyone has his or her own heat and brightness, she has no light of her own. She reflects the beams of the sun, the source of light and heat, the badge of truth and soul to be your pilot, to shine with virtue, to light with knowledge.
One poem Prelude to Water Ripple written by（Song）Su Shi:
“Shall we have a bright moon?”
“Holding up a wine cup I queried the Blue Heaven.”
A good atmosphere-- I like it.
My eyes blurred, and memories of the past three year in the campus, came rushing at me. all and all let me feel the time flied so fast.
It was the same place and the same season, only we were much younger than, the ex-boyfriend and I.
