Sophia Cousino

The Silhouette of Freedom

To the person whose window lights up in the night, It’s really quiet now. I think that’s the thing that has stood out to me most these days: the marked sense of stillness. We’ve all been given the space to think and ponder. We can sit outside in the middle of the day and just take it all in. I don’t think we ever understood what that was before. The world was loud, fast-paced, and everyone was stuck inside their own egocentric cyclone, glued to a device or an agenda and never obtaining the capacity to step out of it. We’ve been given the gift of perception in the wake of the end of the world. For that, I am grateful.