little piece of heaven on earth.

♪♥♫ THE STARS LEAN DOWN TO KISS YOU. ♪♥♫

it's a beautiful morning in Singapore. It's not a special morning, the sun's rays only peer around thick clouds that threaten rain. it may hold no particularly memorial event, or historical significance, but still a beautiful morning nonetheless.

it's dawn, and the sky has just tugged off the dreary covers of night. the air feels heavy with moisture and cold; the birds have not dared to disturb the silence yet. i sit at the playground and draw a lungful. my shirt and shorts hang limp with damp. the metal beneath my feet is spared the fat dew drops that have gathered throughout the night. everything is covered in a thin blue wash; and bright in high saturated colours the next as the sun overcomes the weariness of night. i lie back on the pleasantly moist plastic and watch the sun proudly announce the new day.

suddenly the fragile silence is broken by all sorts of noises at once: the birds, a car honking, gravel crunching under shoes, traffic hum, random chatter. the surreality of the moment passes. i close my eyes and let the familiarity envelope me. i focus, tune the noise out, breathe slowly and deeply again. the smells are gone, everything fades, until I'm finally at peace within me.

the emptiness is soothing, calming. it speaks of constants i can control, constants that control our humanity, and how it easy to eliminate those constants. distractions lose their place and purpose. everything, including breathing is devoid of meaning. i hold the small secret world and blissfully lose myself in the nothingness.

then i have to ope my eyes, and for a second i feel unbearably sad that that private world belongs to only one, the very definition of a lonely place.

♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.