we sat on the top of the hill, watching the winking lights of the sleepy neighbourhood. you spoke first. do you ever feel like you're just watching, like you’re just a bystander to the world? yeah, i said, do you ever feel like your whole life is just one big dream, that you will eventually wake up from, disorientated and confused? yeah. we continued like this, throwing our questions back and forward like a child’s game of catch. after a while we fell silent. the sounds of the night filled the air around us, like a force-field protecting us from the world. i looked up at the stars and smiled. all those stars you said all those planets and yet our troubles seem so big and important to us. i guess we all forget about how other people have problems and issues, not just us. i paused before saying that’s what makes us human, i guess, everyone believes that they have it worse. we’re all selfish deep down. none of us want to die, not really. you know? you looked at me I know. the stars stood still, as did time. tomorrow seemed as far away as the planets in the sky. but tomorrow will always come, and we will always have to leave the moments that seem timeless