text: Here I sit, alone in the dark, insomnia no doubt celebrating its recent victory in our constant struggle. I watch dust fragments shimmer as they break the rays of starlight through my window, each speck a life on its downfall. Each one longing for connection as many fall through the void and enter the darkness alone. While others collide with another, forming tiny bonds, and enter the blackness together. No idea what is ahead of them, together they hold on, together they meet the next challenge, together they reemerge in a new ray. I have seen their relationship, and I know their fate. The ground awaits to bring their short lives to an abrupt end, but they will do it together. They've disappeared once again through my last window into their lives. They have no doubt hit the floor by now. Five seconds together, an entire lifetime is over. I roll over to the other side of my queen bed and am met with more mattress. An entire night to dwell, and just remember the time I was jealous of two specks of dust.