Last night...

... I clicked play as I stepped off the train. As the first few chords rose up, I walked out into the falling night, into an inky sky where the places between the clouds were like holes torn in heaven, blue upon blue so deep that the evening air was full with it.

A boy gets off just in front of me. As he walks by the next carriage, a girl gets off and falls into step with him. They say nothing but smile, and I know they were meant to meet, that accidents do not happen on nights like these.

They run down the steps ahead together, still without a word, and as I follow them down I see that over the bar that divides the steps in two they are holding hands, and I am helpless, utterly helpless, to stop the smile from breaking out across my face.

And in my heart I'm on my feet, applauding for all I'm worth.