Sitting on the edge of the patio step, allowing the darkness to envelop her like a favourite blanket, she looked up.
Everything as she knew it had ended. She felt lost and alone. The future…her future…her life…lay before her and it terrified her.
A single star shone brightly above the trees. She sat watching it in silence.
It was the only star in the sky visible to the naked eye.
If that tiny star could shine so brightly in the darkness, then so could she.
Taking a deep breath, she took a last look at the star and went indoors.
Coral McCallum 