a moment in time. just a moment.

i sit on my window sill every night.
peering at the stars peering down at me from their lofty places
watching at an occasional glint of sliver taking flight
filled with people of different races..

different people from different places
leaving on a little plane away from this little speck i call home.
and i think of all the different reasons that they're on that plane
holidays, business, people flying home to for the funerals of loved ones perhaps.

so many different lives encased in a flying metal box with no way out.
and yet so oblivious to each others pain and tribulations.
so oblivious and uncaring about the lives that sleep and murmur about them.

and then i think of how everyday we are surrounded by people who come from such diverse backgrounds,
all at different stages of life all going through various amounts of hurt and suffering.
i think of how we're all encased on this world with no way out,
and yet we're so oblivious and uncaring to the lives that surround us everyday.

it's a strange feeling when i think about how small and insignificant i am when compared to the massive amounts of people on this earth..
and then i think of how much i whine and complain about my tribulations.
and i'm immediately silenced when i think of how small and insignificant my problems are when compared to the hurt that churns and froths in the rest of the world.

what would it be like if i could just hit a pause button for a second.
to just quell the world from the incessant rush to get somewhere else,
to feel the world pause for just a second,
a moment when the whole world is silent,
arguments hanging in mid sentence,
bullets hanging in mid air,
even death will stop for that golden moment.

what would it be like to feel the entire world at perfect peace for just a moment.

world peace? haha. far more than just a model answer..
but that's probably all it'll ever be.. a model answer.

i think i should probably get off my window sill now before i start thinking i can fly.