i watched the sky change colour just before dawn today. everything seemed darker than usual when i opened my eyes. i could see the outline of the tree through the window. impercetibly, the outline started filling in and i could make out the leaves - not green - but standing out as something darker greyish and gleaming against a backdrop of velvet black. and then the darkness changed itself. it became less heavy and assumed a misty character. my tree was now outlined against a purplish haze. and the faint beginnings of a green started showing. i turned my head towards the other window just in time to see a star beginning to fade. i watched and watched and the purple turned to a dirty white and suddenly an unknown shade of pink. i could not find my star anymore.