rooftops
Sunday, April 5, 2020
A boy sat on the rooftop, his legs
crossed and his arms wrapped around his shins. He sat there, waiting for
the sunset to reach its peak and its colors to explode in a peaceful vibrancy
only the sky knew how to perform.
A girl climbed out of the window of the
neighboring apartment and watched him. Her glassy green eyes met his
cloudy grey ones and locked onto them. She had paint strokes on her arms
and messily braided hair. She painted
stories onto canvases and it gave her a feeling of excitement that shone in her
smiling face.
“Hey,” she said, as she climbed over
next to him. “Hey,” he echoed. The
girl sat down, positioning her legs in the same position as the boy, resting
her chin on her knees. “My paint brush
could never articulate the details of the beauty that my eyes can see.”
The boy, sifting his hand through his
ruffled hair thought deeply. He glanced her way once, then turned his
attention back to the sky before speaking.
“If the canvas could hold such splendor,
we wouldn’t have to come outside to enjoy it.”
“You don’t say a lot, you know- but yet
you do,” her cheeks flushed as she watched him smile at her.
“Thanks,” he replied shyly. “Being out here,” she went on, “fills me with
a feeling of hope. There’s a lot of
darkness in this world, but seeing this beauty- helps me believe that divine
good does prevail. Despite what pain we
feel sometimes, there’s always something good for us to look forward to. Even if it’s in the little things- like this
sunset.” The boy relaxed his
shoulders. “I like that,” he smiled
gently.
They continued watching the sky, its
pastel colors alternating back and forth, the clouds forming different
shapes. The sun continued to lower under
the ever-expanding horizon, until shortly, it became entirely out of view. The sky turned into a deep blue sea, its
vastness overflowing with stars. The
moon shone in the background, the stars continuing to develop, not daring to
escape the night. The two sat watching,
in awe of the beauty that enveloped them on the apex of the rooftop.
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