A woman of 20
her heart was captured
as she shot photographs of
the sunrise that had the rainbow at its edges.
A girl of 15
wrote a poem and filed it away
to be passed around someday,
a piece of paper decorated with flowers.
A man of 30
to whom the world was a canvas
made note of the colors
how magnificent the blend.
And an elderly man
gave a sad smile:
How his wife would have loved to see this.
And it was beautiful
And it brought them together
In ways they knew not,
As the plane dipped,
the clouds danced,
and their thoughts sang.
A young girl at the back
Eleven going on twenty
considered how, as time passed
and they got closer to the ground,
the windows on one side
held water and clouds
and the other showcased
buildings and little shanties.
She watched as huge pink clouds
rested on the pale blue surface;
she looked upon
the fishermen and boats.
And she felt
the world was a big world
bigger than she'd ever know.