The Moonlit Night

Yesterday, as I was watching TV late into the night my area experienced a power cut, quite out of the blues. The power cuts are few and far between since quite a few years now. Usually, the power cut is in a particular lane leaving the rest of the area lit. So I was quite petrified when I could simply see NOTHING. What was this 'nothing'supposed to mean? Why wasn't any light whatsoever coming into my house so that I could at least find my way to the next room to get the torch? I was quite baffled!

I started groping in the dark, not sure where my mobile phone was. Finding my way would have been easier even with the dim light of the phone, in fact ANY light would have been a messiah to me in those moments of eerie darkness. I  groped my way to the cupboard(mercifully, without any head bangs =)) and after some more frantic efforts I did manage to find my 'priceless' torch. With the light from the torch leading my way, and my confidence back in place,  it was now time to assess the situation. I reached the room facing the main street and to my utter surprise it was a TOTAL BLACK OUT!!

Can you experience a total black out with only the silhouettes of the nearby buildings and trees in sights, and I am asking the city-souls? The day you do, bless your stars. The black out turned out to be the perfect backdrop for the full moon. I had almost forgotten the intensity of the moon light until I experienced it all over again yesterday. The soothing light filled the part of my room with radiance I had never experienced before in my own house. The black and white visuals of shade and ligth seemed almost surreal. I just sat there soaking in the radiance before the white of the moon would be replaced with the dim of the street lights. For the first time, even in the heat of the summer, I did not wish the lights to come back soon. I thanked God for keeping me awake to experience that moment =).  The eeriness of the night was quickly forgotten by the heavenly light from up above.

I often get reprimanded for staying up late. But it is these nights when God paints his canvas like never before that its all worth staying up for. And all I can say is....He is one hell of an artist!!!...the one who can evoke strong emotions with his 'black and whites'...