I can feel it coming in the air tonight….

Tonight was one of those glorious early spring nights. The night was still and the chill of the winter air has finally turned into the promising and hopefully manageable  cold of early spring. The stars were out in full glorious force and all I wanted to do was sit outside with my feet up on the table, wrapped in a blanket and smell the air. Everything was fresh and crisp in the most pleasant way.

For as long as I can remember, whenever I was outside at night, I would look at the flashing lights of planes and wish that I was on them; not caring where they were going to and where they were coming from, but just wishing that I was going somewhere, anywhere. I would imagine these tiny dots were heading some place far more exciting than where I was,  if only for the simple fact that it wasn’t here. I still feel that way, especially on clear nights like tonight.

The music from the stereo was playing faintly in the background and the promise of warmer nights spent outside was finally tangible.

~ by M. Hennigar on April 11, 2009.