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8:03pm
The sun sets approximately at 8:03pm, it was the most controversial time of the day. The world felt like a sinkhole that had slowly uprisen and emerged into the ethereal colors of the rainbow. However, each day the colors glowed differently as if God reflected the feelings of the world directly onto you. Sometimes there was nothing but you and the sky, where you basked in the humidity and cool earth that sat preferentially on your skin. You welcomed the silence of nature and pretended to forget your infinitely stained existence.
But then the clouds would fade into itself and emulsify into an ash yellow, and the sun would be a mere afterthought. Those days were the dreaded days, the days where the world somehow reflected you. The sun shone dimly beside the morose colors of the clouds which slowly overpowered the entire sky. The sun disappeared behind the clouds as if it never existed. Those were the days that caused miniscular yet present cracks inside the reverberations of your mind.
But then there were days when the sun bled and downpoured the divine colors of persimmon orange and blushing rose. Thus igniting in you a sense of hope and freedom. And so,from the rusty railing of your balcony, countless dreams of flying beyond the sky seemed but an inch away. The many possibilities of the world were just within your grasp but could easily be snatched as soon as night fell. It was beautiful and wondrously terrifying. The time 8.03pm.