

It was gorgeous how something could go from dreary, cold, and gray to full of light in such a short amount of time.

I had never watched the world come alive like this before. For the first time since we’d arrived I heard birds chirping above us. It looked smaller than I thought it would, but the higher it rose, the brighter the sky became. And then slowly, one millimeter at a time, the sun showed itself. The rays came first, stretching across a section of the mountain, making it look like it had caught fire. He seemed to sense I was serious, because he didn’t say another word, and we both sat, taking it in.

“Shhh.” For some reason I did want to watch it in silence.
