From here it is just another speck of light in the sky, barely discernible from the rest, but as I look upon it I weep.

I tell myself that one day I will make it home, but I know it’s not true.

The Earth winks at me from the heavens.

Chris Griglack was born and raised in Massachusetts where he has lived for 23 years. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2012 with a degree in Writing, Rhetoric, and Communications.