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Goodbye past; so this is it. My eyes glide over the sixty-three other passenger on this flight. Each face speaks out the hopes and fear of the new promised world that awaits, just a flight away.
I wonder if someone would question a girl like me travelling alone, but then again, the woman whose place I sadly took –let her soul rest in piece– was also travelling alone.
...3, 2, 1 lift-off
The sun sets as we detach ourselves from Earth. Through the energy shielded windows an orange glow sets the ship on fire. For a moment my eyes have to get used to the bright light of a sunset on thirty-thousand feet.
I take a last look to the already fading blue orb before I close my eyes and sink away into sleep. Exhaustion takes it toll.
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