The stars shone like a million shards of diamond litting up a sky so blue.I laid on the green grass and did not think of a thing.Of all the pain, all the sorrow, of life as it was, of nothing.In that moment, that one moment, i was alive, more alive than i had ever been. The wind across that same whistling pine would weave melodies of the best harmony, squeezing out of me a spectre of joy, a smile , tears and no more. I had won this battle against all odds and even the pines sang an ode.