a simpler collection

the top of the world

never in my life did i expect to feel such an overwhelming sense of joy so quickly, so intense at such a simple moment in time.
most people would say that it was nothing, nothing to be happy about, nothing to get giddy about, just a simple moment in time just like any other. but no. you were not there.
you didn't stick your hand out of the window like i did. you didn't feel the warm breeze hit your palm like i did. you didn't smile at the sunset as the car started to get increasingly faster. you didn't hear the sound of the music that would soon be the trigger for these joyous memories. you didn't smell the crisp june air like i did. you weren't there so don't tell me that it wasn't a moment filled with hope.
i love moments like that. the small ones that bring me back to the present, the moments that make me forget the past and make me live in the moment. i felt alive. i was finally there, i was in the right mindset, the right mood to officially recognize the beauty. but the greatest thing of all is that i was able to spend it with people who make me feel even more present.
it was warm. the music was blaring, we were belting our lungs to songs from our past as we drove down M-50. the sun was casting over the distant horizon as brilliant pinks and purples were plastered into the sky. my hand grasped the air as i moved my fingers to the music. nothing, no nothing could explain how i felt in this moment.
i never thought that something so small, so insignificant to a stranger could make such an impact on me. but it did. i've never felt so calm, so content. i was at peace. the music captured the nagging thoughts in my brain and threw them away. i couldn't have asked for anything more. nights like that are what i like to think that life is all about. and hopefully that's all life will consist of in the future. just a long stretch of small, insignificant moments to put together into a book of memories. a book of joy that i can look to when i am down.
i fell in love with the sky that night. in that same moment, i felt a feeling that was above all else.