What a Wonderful World.

So my half yearlies just finished and I wrote this expository essay on "Stars." I quite like it so here goes..

What A Wonderful World
I sighed as I looked up at the stars. Louis Armstrong's voice in my head singing, 'What a Wonderful World.' I lay back as I watched the night sky twinkle and shine, happy content feelings swirling within my being. What a wonderful world indeed.
I hear the breeze, the silent stalker, ruffle the grass that I am lying upon and I shiver as it washes over me. A cricket chirps its serenade to the moon. A sweet scent of a flower I can't name hangs about me. What a wonderful world...
It had been a good day, a good week in fact. For once, there had been no complications, no politics, no dynamics to deal with. A well deserved break, I reasoned. I had a tough, turbulent week before this one and was glad to be out of it.
Things just seemed to go right, no explosions of extreme emotions, no noticeable mistakes, no insane thoughts. It was good to be alive, under the stars. What a wonderful world...
The greatest enigma comes to my mind, the ability of these twinkling specks of fire in the night sky, to make me feel better. The stars. Always shining, sometimes hidden by the clouds, yet always there. I aspire to be like them, to not let the clouds of my life dim my shine. Nor to let the sun of others make me feel any less significant. My train of thought slowly fades away as I spot Orion, the constellation. It washes over me. What a wonderful world...
I think of my day. The highlight of my day. He had smiled at me. He had smiled as he said my name, a twinkle in his eyes. I sighed once again, remembering that smile. It had felt like I was the only girl, standing there before him smiling back. I think of the twinkle, like a star in his eye. What a wonderful world.
A glimmer of hope resides within me, of what could be. A seed he planted with that smile. An overwhelming feeling takes control of my body, spreading the warmth to my toes. What a wonderful world.
I lose myself in fantasy. I flee reality and I walk on clouds. I contemplate the implications of that smile, the thoughts and feelings behind it. A number of them are conjured in my mind. I pick the one I like best and build a fairytale around it, all the while gazing at the stars. What a wonderful world.
I push away the ghosts of my past letting only the angels of the present play about my mind. Snippets of reality play hide and seek in my imagination as my soul soars above the world riding on my own star, with him by my side. The possibilities of adventure are numerous as I look ahead to a bright twinkling future. With him by my side, what isn't possible? I am lost in the intricate web of my fantasy, woven with stars, far from reality. What a wonderful world.
'Hoot!' I am brought back to the real world as an owl prepares to hunt for the night. A flash streaks across the sky and I see a shooting star. I wish to freeze this moment, preserve this memory, forever. I wish upon a star. What a wonderful world.