Stars Dancing Above the Moon

Stars dance above the moon, and everything within her heart begins to change—though she does not yet realize it. Something inside her tells her that the time has come to confess, for even her attempt at silence becomes an inner war she fights alone, a war no one else can see. Her gaze changes, her heart changes, and her entire perception of life is transformed.

When we speak of the reason behind this change, it is the man—this happens because of him, even if she does not realize it. When she is angry, it is because of him; when she is happy, it is also because of him. It is as though she were a doll he moves, even if she refuses to admit it. For her, love is not tied to physical intimacy.

When we speak of a woman’s reality, she is bound to the man—even if she denies it. She is wholly connected to him; she sees no one else and finds no one but him to share her pain, her sorrow, and her joy. When she confides her fears to him, it is because she trusts him more than she trusts herself. When she weeps upon seeing him, it is because her heart rests with him. And when she is angry with him, it is not because he wronged her, but because he failed to understand that she does not want to lose him.

Within herself, she battles her dignity, her pride, her shyness, and her strength so that she does not reveal them before him. She fights herself inwardly to defend him, for his worth resides in her heart and her mind. When she becomes jealous over him, it is because she believes that every woman would desire a man like him; to her, he is the center of the universe. When she expresses her love to him, it is because she has fought her pride, her dignity, her strength, and her overwhelming femininity—for him alone.

When she wants him as both husband and beloved, it is because she sees him as worthy of that role; she wants no man but him. She draws her life and her dreams with him because she trusts that he deserves them—her heart and her mind affirm this and urge her to see him as such. Even when she struggles against her heart and her reason, she loves him, and they drive her toward him more than ever before. A woman cannot free herself from a man, even if she denies it; such liberation cannot truly occur.

We have spoken of what a woman feels toward a man, but we must also speak of what happens after the confession of love. She experiences a strange feeling—the certainty that she cannot lose the man she has loved. She feels immense happiness, and she feels immense fear, and fear becomes the master of her heart and her mind. Her heart leads her to think with deep love and longing, while her mind shows her the obstacles: Can I see him? Can he be my destiny? Her mind loves him, yet it translates reality to her in its entirety.

There are two types of women in love. The first surrenders to it. How does that happen? She refuses nothing he desires, and this may lead her into a physical relationship, driven by love. Yet the man she loves may see this as proof that she did not truly love him—for if she had, he believes, it would not have happened. A man believes in love; he believes in the sincerity of feelings and understands that love is different from physical intimacy. He believes that what she did with him may become a gateway to other physical relationships, and that she may be unable to refuse them because she has opened that door. A man’s mind is vast; he understands the depth of love. It is difficult for him to fall in love, but when he does, he never forgets the woman his heart has loved.

The second type of woman understands that what she feels is not tied to the body, but to the soul, the mind, and the heart. She strives to ensure that no barriers arise between them. She will not sacrifice her values or her body for the man she loves, because what lies between them cannot end in a forbidden physical relationship. She will not accept that, even if she loves him to the point of madness—because she loves him. The one she loves, she will not lead toward what is forbidden, nor will she open the door to unlawful relationships with others. She understands that a man will not ask of a woman something she has not already done, and she understands his mind well; she knows it cannot be deceived. And so she loves in silence, leaving fate to play its role and decide what will happen. She does this, too, because she believes that love lives in the heart and the mind—and that such love endures and never ends. She knows this well