Touching the Sunshine

I scrambled down the last flight of stairs and arrived at the ground floor lobby! Straight ahead stood a wide glass entrance door framed in dark aluminum. Through the glass, a golden square of real outdoor sunlight was cast right onto the speckled terrazzo floor. I dashed straight into the bright patch and felt genuine warmth soaking into my soft fabric chest! Right by the rubber door sweep, I noticed a tiny smooth white pebble that had hitchhiked inside on someone's shoe. I rolled it across the sunny floor like a mini bowling ball until it rested neatly in the corner. Wahoo, I am officially at ground level, right on the edge of the outside world!