Blue Skies

The soft wind brush against my face as I run through an open field. With one hand firmly holding the string of my kite, I run faster and faster to make it fly.

And it does.

So I stood there, wearing a big smile on my face and avoiding the stinging rays of the sun as I look up to watch my kite soar through the sky.

But I see it. So wide... So clean... So unbelievably perfect. I couldn't help myself but stare. I let my body drop to the ground. I unconsciously let go of my kite and I did not care! The blue sky was so enchanting that I just wanted to lay there forever. Watching... dreaming... hoping...

As I stared at the sky aimlessly, I began to realize how awfully small I am compared to such an infinite beauty. It made me think how big the world is and the endless possibilities there are. But despite it's grandeur, it did not intimidate me in the least. One the contrary, it motivated me. The blue sky inspired me to be part of the big world - to somehow make my mark as a person, to be remembered by someone.

I was alone on that field that day. But I kept thinking maybe somewhere there's another girl laying on her back astonished by this wide blue sky or maybe somewhere there's a boy who let go of his kite because he looked up and saw his kite drown in the beauty of the sky.

Blue skies - so beautiful, so seemingly infinite, so seemingly perfect. You can't help but fall in love with it!

Blue Skies - Susie Ariloli