The Plane

The sun’s rays filtered through the sea of clouds, beams of golden light breaking through a blanket of light grey. A sense of calm rested on the land that rolled on and on below me. The plane was quiet, the only sounds being the soft “shhh....shhh” of rustling clothing and the music that played in my ears. It was sunrise and though I realized I would not see its glow as I had hoped due to the clouds, the shafts of light breaking through them were silent spectacles on their own. But I knew that the world spun too quickly, too soon and I would have to leave this serenely silent atmosphere. “Let me rest here a while longer” I thought, as the music lulled me into a dreamless sleep.  

The Starry Sky

I lay on the cool grass, embraced by the night air. The sky smiled brightly down on me with its countless stars, each one glimmering in the ink-black night. A firefly flitted above me and hovered by my arm with its soft glow before disappearing into the darkness. The night whispered stories into my ear, and though I did not understand the language in which it spoke, I smiled nonetheless. The music of night creatures played softly, a gentle lullaby. As the night breeze rustled my hair, I drifted into slumber.   

Pages by Espresso

I tapped my pencil against the journal page as the sweet aroma of coffee swirled around me and mixed with the smell of morning rain. “What to write,” I whispered to the light grey sky, but of course it gave no reply. A boy with his flying plaid scarf cycled past me and a woman rushed by to catch the train; it passed all too quickly, as it spanned only the time it took to raise the cup of coffee to my lips. And as I sipped the drink and caught the cool Autumn breeze I realized that the world spun too quickly or perhaps we rushed too quickly in this world that already spun at the perfect speed. “I should write about this,” I thought until I realized I had been writing all along. As I continued writing, again I caught the aroma of coffee which swirled around me and mixed with the smell of morning rain.