Solitude of night

Over the quiet hum of the fan the cool night breeze gentally circulates the air around me. The little bird like sounds the the lanterns hanging by my open window make moving slightly in the breeze. There is a glow of bright light coming from decorative placed black lamp. A child calls out in delight in the distance, Mum or Dad is possibly saying good night to a restless little one. As the fan continues to hum and the lanterns sway the silence of a peaceful night is all that can be heard... Inner peace and tranquility is easliy found at this time of day and I'm feeling very zen and rather creatively inspired. While the rest of Stanley turns in for the evening I feel like I just woke up in my soul. I feel engery at night time, raw peaceful, energy.

I can't resist the night calling to me so I head out for an evening walk.

Instantly I am stuck by how empty and abandoned everything feels and I try to capture this in a photo which is just impossible... Even though the only sound to be heard is faint crickets churrping in the background I felt caged in and confined so I continued towards the water front feeling very comfortable in the silence of the evening.

Stood in the dark shadows of the sea wall and looking over at Stanley Main Street's restaurants and bars, I feel a sense of connection and a strange feeling comes over me. Have I out grown the shenanigans of night life? Is this possible? Or is it just the place I'm in right now, thinking, planning and creating something I can call my own. Maybe I just have a lot of ideas that I feel I need to excute before I'm ready to go out and play.

In the shadows I saw this temple, there are manay fishermen in Stanley and this is most likely in worship to the sea goddess Tin Hau.

I was relaxed and comfortable stood inthe shadows until thoughts of recent crime reading suddenly entered my head and I realised I would easy prey for any predator that could be lurking in the dark. My peace had been interrupted by random paranoid thoughts that brought me back to a different level of reality and I scurried off to the safety of home.

I will be braver next time...