STORY STARTER
In a densely overcrowded world where physical contact is almost constant, your main character finds space to be alone.
You could include this scene in a story, write a poem about how the character feels, or feature this idea as a smaller part of a broader story.
Peace
I lie on the ground. I stretch my limbs as far away from my body as I can without detaching them. It is cold and it is raining, but I don’t care. For the first time I do not feel heat radiating from another’s body. My shoulders brush against no one. My hands feel only the puddle of water growing under and around me. There is no sound but the rain and for a moment, even it ceases. For the first time in my life I hear my own breath. In and out. In and out. I smile because I am alone.