Serendipity--Angela

I sat in silence in the dim room, where the only source of light had been the faint glow of a waking dawn poking through the curtains. The blue hues of the light brought comfort to everything it touched, and I wished for nothing more than for that moment to last forever. The telescope in the corner, the water pitcher on the coffee table, the potted cactus by the window sill; if objects could speak, they’d agree with me. 

Turning my head to the window behind me, the bright rays of twilight danced around my face. My hand, as if by its own will, inched closer to the cactus. Squeezing my eyes close, I endured the pain of a pricked finger. My index finger greeted me with a drop of blood. In it I saw the entire universe, every star and planet making its presence known to me, nebulas swelled out with rings of color. 

Suddenly memories flood my mind. In one, I found myself sitting on a ledge and watching over the ocean. The water looked so pure; waves of emerald stretched out for miles. The innocent blue sky held hands with several cumuli, and together they radiated harmony. If only we could be part of it. 

In the other I found myself hid under a blanket where feelings clashed. The sheet was pulled over my eyes and offered me its safety, yet I felt so unsafe. My will pulled the cloth off my head and took in everything before me: stars freckling the deep night sky, some in clusters as if they were all meant for each other. The moon kissed the sun as it passed over. While the cosmos mingled above, I had my telescope. Through the lens I met the universe’s gaze. Suddenly the ground beneath me opened up and I fell through, though I did not resist gravity’s will. Millions of tiny lights like lightning bugs dispersed everywhere and I felt no end. I could hear those lights chiming as I endlessly descended. Accepting my fate, I believed it was all meant to be. 

The memories faded.When I looked, around me were walls of white and I was sitting in a chair. Everything was blank and nothing stood out but the overwhelming serenity that filled the room. I hoped that someone would be waiting for me when I opened my eyes, though this moment I found myself in was enough. Before me were the last moments of the eclipse; the sun’s lover had passed her, and the moon had once again began her centuries-long journey to meet the sun once again, whenever that may be. In the final moments, the shade made way for the light to reach out, as if the universe had moved just for me. Destiny was running its course right before my eyes.