JOHN - Day 004

宇宙歷 19997 年 12 月 9 日．太陽系 UI078 

每一位星際旅行者，在漫長而沒有終結的旅途中，總會經歷迷茫的時候。

「自己為什麼要踏上旅程？」
「又為了什麼而繼續旅程？」

每當我反覆思考類似的問題而找不到答案時，便會戴上氧氣罩，暫時離開太空船，讓自己身處浩瀚又黑暗的太空中。

在沒有重力，沒有方向的宇宙中，整個人會完全被黑暗淹沒，身體就像變成透明一樣，沒有多餘的感覺。

"Hello darkness, my old friend.
I've come to talk with you again."
(我的老朋友「黑暗」，你好。我又來找你聊天了。）

在無邊的黑暗中，我彷彿能夠跟自己的靈魂交談，並回想起出發第一天的自己。當腦筋清晰起來之後，我本來所希望得到的「答案」突然就變得沒那麼重要了。

作為旅行者，本來就是為了探索更多不確定的答案而踏上旅程，不是嗎？

宇宙很大，生命很短。

-John

寫於即將進入未命名行星的引力範圍前

Space calendar 19997/12/9. Solar system UI078

Every traveler would feel lost from time to time during their endless journey.

"Why did I start my journey?"
"What keeps me going?"

Every time I felt lost I would put on the oxygen mask, leave the spacecraft and step inside the dark and vast universe. 

In this space without gravity and directions, you would be drowned by darkness, it felt like you're disappearing, without any senses. 

"Hello darkness, my old friend.
I've come to talk with you again."

In this borderless murk, I felt like I could talk to my own soul, and recalled the very first day of my journey. When my mind got clearer, the answers I was looking for became less important.

As travellers, we started our journeys for more vague answers, didn't we? 

Space is big, life is short.

- John
Written before entering the gravity range of an unknown planet

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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4