Beneath the Night Sky
An Excerpt From Falling Through the Stars
This excerpt from Falling Through the Stars focuses on a young Muslem family man discovering a path he never would have considered if it hadn't been for that one evening at prayers.
He stood beneath the canopy of the night sky, watching his smoke drift upward to mingle with the city lights and the darkness beyond. The stars were elusive here, washed out by bright streetlamps and neon shop signs. Seeking a moment of solitude, he turned, walked to the far end of the mosque, and leaned his back against the cool outer wall.
He inhaled deeply. Squinting past the urban glare, he longed for the crisp, diamond-hard starlight of his childhood homeland. As a boy, he would often sneak out to the hills near his house, letting the absolute darkness envelop him until the stars felt close enough to touch. Those were the golden memories of his life before the move.
Leaning against the mosque wall, a question suddenly rushed into his mind. It was so clear and vivid that he felt the stars had reached down through the darkness, past the smog and neon, to pierce his very being: What if God touched the earth today?
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