Counting Stars Meaning Mga Nobela at Kwento

Vava. "The night sky becomes dark whenever there's no moon. So plain. So empty. Nothingness." Naka-ngiti nyang sabi. Nagbabadya nang magsipatak ang mga luha ko. Nagbu-blur na din ang paningin ko dahil sa mga luha ko pero hahayaan ko na sila. "Paano 'yung stars?" Tanong ko. Mahina naman syang natawa. "The moon can brighten up the sky even without stars. Wait, your smiles and craziness are the stars. Happy?" Eeeeeh! Vava naman, eh! Lintik naman, oh! Baka maihi ako nito!

It's centered around us. I learned that with Luna. Not in a single moment. Not in a grand realization. But slowly—like watching stars you thought were separate start forming a pattern you couldn't unsee. She was never my equation. She was my sky. Constellations are not perfect either. People think they are—clean shapes, meaningful stories, fixed designs. But if you really look at them... they are just scattered lights. Some closer, some farther, some already gone but still shining in memory.

But with him, with this man, I could be anything I couldn't imagine I will be. He didn't stop. Mas isinubsob niya ang bibig sa pagitan ko. Napasabunot ako sa kanya. Hindi ko na alam kung saan pa nga ba ako kakapit. Hinihibang ako ng labi niyang mapang-akit, mapanukso... mas pinatigas pa niya ang dila at pilit ipinapasok sa kung saan niya puwedeng patunguhan. Those stars above me weren't there before. They were dancing in rhythm, like waves of the wild ocean trying to escape. Each star has its name. Has its own pace of motion. Some were colliding with each other, as it exploded in the air.

“Well… I like flowers like most girls. But I love stargazers the most. Maybe because they look like stars?” “You like stars?” anito. “Yes.” Napatango si Adam. “It suits you.” “Why?” “Stars are exploding balls of gas. Out there, they’re constantly hot and blazing. But they look beautiful from here, from afar,” sabi nito. “Teka, medyo malalim,” sabi ni Erin. “I’m saying your temper suits the stars,” natatawang sabi ni Adam. Sinimangutan niya ito. He’s saying she’s like a star—an exploding ball of gas? Not the star as in something that twinkles from afar?

Ang ganda. “Roux,” tawag sa akin ni Gavril. Nilingon ko siya pero nanatili siyang nakatingala at nakatitig sa mga bituin sa langit. “Alam mo ba na kapag namatay daw ang tao, nagiging stars sila sa langit.” Malumanay na sabi niya. “Hindi ba, kwentong pambata lang ‘yon?” sabi ko.

“You don’t trust me that much, huh?” “You don’t trust me too. What’s the difference?” supladang sagot niya. Hindi ito sumagot, tumitig lang sa langit. Napilitan siya tuloy na tumingala rin. Hindi na mag-isa ang buwan sa langit. The night sky is now peppered with stars, each taking their turns to shine. They fell silent for a while, just watching the night sky. “Have you wished on stars too when you were young?” anito, maya-maya.

Pero, okay na din atlis masaya ang anak ko. Natigil ang pag-iisip ko ng sabihin nito na; "Nakikita mo 'yong dalawang stars, Mahal alam mo ba 'yan ang stars natin at lagi silang magkadikit, dahil may ibig sabihin 'yan. Alam mo kong ano??" seryosong tanong nito. "Ano naman?" tanong ko. "Kasi forever na tayong magkasama." sagot naman nito.

By the use of the lights of the moon and stars, I saw the word. It's my name Synecdoche. And I remeber it can be an English word. Synecdoche is something that is part of a whole. "Because you are part of me," Vani said and then as I look at the sky, there's a huge fiery comet. A shooting star. "I am that falling star and I fall for you," he continued. I did not remember my birthday not until he reminds me. Paano niya nalaman ang kaarawan ko? This gift is like those precious pixie dusts when I closes my eyes.

sabi ko at nag subok mag bilang "Did you know-" sabi niya kaya napa tingin ako sakanya. "That each night the moon kisses secretly the lovers who count the stars."

Ang daming bituin, parang ang gaan-gaan sa mata. Stars are like Lander-- easy to see impossible to get. "When I'm sad and I feel so lonely pumupunta lang ako dito. Titingala at hihiling na sana! Sana matanggap nila ako, kahit hindi na lang bilang anak kundi kahit bilang tao man lang." Nagulat siya sa biglang pag-oopen up ni Anjo. Hindi niya akalaing ang Anjo na masayahin ay may tinatago din pa lang problema.