Writing Challenge - The Stars

It’s so peaceful just lying there starring up at the sky.

The crickets chirp and the owl hoots but you feel so alone.

It’s a happy alone though, it’s the type of alone where you’re thinking of your hopes and dreams.

Where you’re wondering if there’s other life out there.

You’re watching out for comets and shooting stars and watching the international space station zoom by.

You’re watching out for horoscopes and naming them.

You’re watching the moon slowly drift across the sky as the earth and moon slowly turn.

You’re counting all the planets you think you can see.

The further you go from the lights of the city, the more you see in the sky.

They are always there of course just harder to see.

Except the sun of course, the easiest star to see at day, still reflected back at us at night by the light of the moon.

It’s so peaceful out here, so cold but peaceful.