Sydney Smith- Blog #21 (Somewhere in the Universe...)

Somewhere in the universe...

In the vast expanse of the universe, there exists a tiny speck of being that is the Milky Way galaxy. If you zoom in about a thousand trillion times, you can just barely make it out. Zoom in even further (no... even further), and you see the beautiful planet we call Earth- our home. Zoom way in- as far as you possibly can, and you'll see an average suburban household in the midwest of a country called the United States of America. A nice brick house sits prettily, with a concrete sidewalk leading out to a small black mailbox. A basketball goal sits on the sidewalk at the end of the driveway, and the repeated pounding of the ball on the pavement is the only noise audible in the neighborhood. As the sun sets, a child is out playing by himself, envisioning a crowd, teammates, and (most importantly) opponents for himself. He smiles as the ball swooshes through the net and the invisible crowd roars. He falls into the grass and his imaginary teammates and coaches storm the court and fall on top of him. He lies there in the cool grass for a minute with a smile on his face, then hops up and starts the game over- this time, he'll win by even more!