The air is cold on my bare arms.

A jacket would have been a good call this morning.

When the wind dies down the night is nice.

My chest is warm from earlier.

The laughs of my friends still ring in my ears.

I just dropped one of them off at her dorm.

For a moment I am alone.

Exposed outside.

There are no walls to protect my loneliness.

I like it this way.

I turn my face up the the sky.
For a moment i start walking sideways.

I feel like I’m going to fall over.

How hard would the ground hurt?

But before I can find out I stop walking.

I look up to the stars.

I feel their light on my face.

Each breath feels electric.

Almost as if they’re too much for my lungs.

The stars seem to be multiplying.

And suddenly I’m no longer alone.

I tilt my head to gace forwards again.

The rest of the walk to my dorm is swift.

I’m content to do it all over tomorrow.