Standing in the cold

Stuck waiting with strangers

I took a look at where I was

I decided to notice where we were

What I saw was as follows:

• An empty street

• A crossroads

• Brick houses with their lights out

• Streetlights

• Fallen leaves

• Sleeping stars

• Planets hanging

I pointed this out to the boy right next to me

Who smiled gently and reached up to trace the constellations he said he had never seen

And whose eyes filled with wonder as he realised his surroundings