"Twinkle twinkle little star".
It had been a long awkward climb, up through the fencing, the ladders and scaffolding, all to get to this vantage point. But now, as she sat gazing out at the cityscape, the familiar sights and shapes enveloped by the nights blanket of darkness, with only the vague outline of streets and buildings, picked out in the reflected moonlight, to provide hints of what she might be seeing, it seemed well worth the effort.
"How I wonder what you are".
There in the distance an object glided along, illuminated by the chinks of light peeping out perhaps from carriage drawn curtains and flashing safety lights.
It had been a long awkward climb, up through the fencing, the ladders and scaffolding, all to get to this vantage point. But now, as she sat gazing out at the cityscape, the familiar sights and shapes enveloped by the nights blanket of darkness, with only the vague outline of streets and buildings, picked out in the reflected moonlight, to provide hints of what she might be seeing, it seemed well worth the effort.
"How I wonder what you are".
There in the distance an object glided along, illuminated by the chinks of light peeping out perhaps from carriage drawn curtains and flashing safety lights.
Up close Sarah imagined it would be making a terrible din as it passed by, but from this lofty distance it swept along its track or roadway in silence and serenity, driven on to meet its timetable or cargo schedule.
"Up above the world so high".
At this distance the whole world seemed perfect, peaceful and serene, and she felt a vague wave of sadness pass over her at the thought that it couldn't always be this way.
She stood up and moved to the very edge of the scaffold board, gazed one final time over the city and in one graceful movement stepped out over the edge and began her long dive into its cold embrace.
"Like a diamond in the sky".
