Twilight has quietly descended, shrouding the world in its unique desolation.
The streetlights cast a hazy yellow glow, mingling with the rich aroma from the nearby cafe. This warmth permeates the cold city, prompting me to sketch the shape of youth in my mind—small in stature with a long tail, fluttering like wings yet lingering, making it hard to forget that familiar face.
Youth is sometimes the fading of rose-red into the sorrow of withered plants, leaving the initial beauty of love trapped on black tape, forgotten alongside time. Occasionally, playing back the recordings of youth feels like a string of pink wind chimes hanging in the air, ringing softly and compelling us to look back at the sky where we once hid our laughter and joy. Sometimes, thick tears flow, and we bury our past youth—that beautiful girl—deeply.
An oil lamp still holds a faint glow, but a song has ended; a play hasn't finished, but a fate has reached its end...
Under the summer night sky, though there is no invasion of cold moonlight, nor scattered ice crystals or sad snow beads, one can still feel the slight coolness of the creek breeze.