It was a perfect liftoff into the night's sky. My house as the shuttle rumbled as it lifted off of its for years stationary address of Arlington Place. Straight up it went into the fascinating sky stained by darkness and glittering with stars. It was a silent liftoff, no noise was heard for I didn't want to wake my peaceful neighbors from there sleeping serenity. I waved goodbye to the ground and the surrounding nature that never before did I notice their splendor. I looked up and with my arms crossed rested on the window sill, my head slig ....