Supernova

It's happening!!!!! she thought excitedly, hunkering down a little more securely into her paper cup as the rumbling underneath her confirmed her cause for elation. She looked up at the violet sky and the twinkling stars, admiring their beauty and brightness as she felt the pressure building beneath her. Her paper cup rocked on waters that were steadily and swiftly becoming less gentle.

Without warning, jets of water shot up beneath her cup, hurling her vessel toward the sky. Higher and higher she surged, her giddiness threatening with every passing second to overcome and consume her. She turned her eyes back to the violet firmament, which seemed closer and more inviting.

Her giddiness peaked into ecstasy as the heavens opened its arms and gathered her to its breast, spilling her cup and sending it back to the sea empty. She sailed ever higher, head thrown back, eyes wide open, and heart beating against her ribs. She had no thoughts for her discarded vessel or the water that propelled it.

The violet deepened into black as she ascended, the moment when she, too, would twinkle down at the earth rushing to meet her. As she and her moment collided, her heart, no longer able to contain this bliss, ruptured. She smiled beatifically and threw hear arms open to surrender her body to the supernova. Her soul blazed brightly among the stars, joining them forever.

I've made it.