The Month Without Sun

My calendar says that it's 11 days to Raya (or 10, give or take).
Which I find strange because I don't remember going through so many days.
Then I remember that I've only been up for so few of them so not being able to account for that many daylight hours should really come as no surprise.

So calendar is correct, crisis averted.

We may all look forward to a joyous end to the fasting month now.

If I may be allowed to be more serious, one does question the need to spend so many hours of one's day in perpetual slumber.

The denial of food can be blamed for the increased lethargy but surely, it cannot be to the point that one simply stops operating whilst one is forbidden to munch.

I would not go so far as to suggest that the whole endeavour of fasting becomes a waste because of this, I believe that is an issue that is beyond our reckoning, but it certainly does disappoint.

Alas.

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