She strode down the walk that dissipated in the distance
At twilight the scattered flakes of space dust began to glow beyond
The silence of the night came creeping in on quiet haunches
Only a few sparse remnants of the day still lingered
Like laughter mingling with the evening news
A rogue bird twittering goodbye to the sun
Stragglers of the day in quick passing
She bid them a faint smile and ignored the churning of her insides
The fresh air and crisply fragrant breeze helped to subdue her torment
Grinding her teeth, she trudged onward towards the horizon
Determined never to go back
But she would
Whether it was with or without her heart
The thoughts on her mind weighed heavy on her heart
Wrenching themselves tightly around it
Each worry was another razor-sharp truth biting at her moral
The clouds seemed to follow her
Looming ever so discreetly where she couldn't see
But close enough for her to feel them hanging there
Fresh disappointments lay like crimson shards underfoot
She wouldn't allow herself to look down and remember
She stopped
Stood for a moment to look up at the stars
Her breath crept tentatively from her cherried lips
The corners of her mouth tugged down as she thought
And looked
And felt
The entirety of the universe staring back at her for that moment
And watching her breath draw away from her mouth into the cold air
She said to no one in particular
So this is what sadness feels like